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Prayer Alert

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Morning prayer warriors!

Urgent need for prayer today.  It seems our President and his administration are making deals with the devil, and no one can do that without getting burnt.  Much on my mind as I see a crumbling of foundational support for Israel and a cozying up to the Arab and Muslims in the MIddle East.  Prayer points below.

  • Worldwide intifada (various attacks here in the US, Australia, France, Germany). Devil knows his time is short.
  • Wisdom for Trump.(he needs a true spiritual advisor)
  • Deal making with the sponsor of terror. (Qatar)
  • Saudi Arabia is pushing for a two state solution.  (Blowback on America if done)
  • Peace commission (10 members) most anti Israel.
  • Trump’s pride getting in the way.  (God’s plan??)
  • Trump & Vance telling not asking Israel to stop settlements in Judea & Samaria.
  • Syria (next hotspot)??

I could go on and on, I see dangerous times for the US if we get in bed with the Islamist.  We seem to have pushed investments over the covenant for peace. We must never forget God’s eternal covenant with Abraham.  (My opinion)

God is sovereign!  I am not hopeless, but hopeful!  The blessed hope!  Two rivers flowing side by side, one righteous (God is moving) another evil.  Let’s ask for spiritual rain for the righteous river to overflow.  I sense this is a particular Kronos time.  Rh

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Mamdani vows to ‘exhaust every legal option’ to arrest Netanyahu

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We see what has happened to London and the entire European continent, reformation seems to be coming to Europe with a devastation that is soon to be on the shores of America.  The once great European capitals are now filled with the sound of the Muslim call to prayer.  Just as surely as the first reformation was brought to America, so too will this last reforming of Europe be here soon.

The effects of a Mandani victory will have lasting consequences on the once great city of New York.  Jews have continually supported far left wing Democrats, who have just as easily condemned the state of Israel as making a comment about the weather.  I hate to say it, but they are reaping what has been sown over the last 40 years.

What of the financial district of New York?  What of the stock market, (full blown socialism in a city with the world’s premier capitalist symbol) I think not.  Would a move outside of NY be a result. What of Mandani control of the police and the court systems.  The courts are already a joke,  And NO Mandani, you have no authority to arrest Prime Minister Netanyahu. 

If you think it’s bad now, just wait, “you ain’t seen nothing yet.”  The streets will be ablaze with Jew hatred that could make NY uninhabitable for Jews.  Amir Tsafati once said on a radio program, “there is no place safe for the Jews, but Israel.”  I totally agree.

How could this once great city allow a radical Islamist to govern NY.  How could the Democratic part allow this to happen? The only conclusion is they truly are the new Socialist Party of America.  

I see tears streaming down the face of Lady Liberty.  Rh

Source: All Israel News

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist frontrunner in the New York City mayoral race, reiterated his vow to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if Netanyahu enters New York City and stated that he would “exhaust every legal option” to put Israel’s leader in handcuffs.

Speaking with Martha MacCallum on Fox News yesterday (Wednesday), Mandani claimed that carrying out the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrants against Netanyahu would uphold international law.

“I’ve said that this is a city that believes [in] international law, and this is a city that wants to uplift and uphold those beliefs,” he said.

For full article: All Israel News

                             Single Digit IQs

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Is there one nation on planet Earth that is not corrupt in one way or another? 

Is there one person who doesn’t have anti-Semitic beliefs, one who doesn’t blame the Jews for all of the problems in the world.  Are there any whose own life is not riddled with sin and corruption?  Spiritually speaking, is there even one “woke” individual who isn’t fast asleep under a large rock? Asleep in a sleep so deep as to make Rip Van Winkle appear restless and plagued by insomnia?

George Orwell may or may not have known it when he wrote the book 1984, but he most certainly did a bang-up job of describing how thoughts are processed inside of reprobate human minds. Minds that no longer work properly. Minds that are broken. Seemingly broken beyond repair. Minds that have crossed an invisible line into that nightmarish twilight zone described by the prophet Isaiah when he, on behalf of the Holy God of Israel, spoke that ominous, iconic warning into the collective human conscious awareness.  A warning for those who were alive in his time and a warning for anyone and everyone who would walk the earth after his time. A warning that still sends an echo around the world to this very day and hour, in your time and my time, and in real-time. 

The warning is recorded in the Old Testament book of Isaiah 5:20 “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, that put darkness for light and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.”

Those who have ignored this warning in these present times we live in are legion. Far too many to count, and they are everywhere and in every nation. Some are very rich, and some are very poor.

Human beings who are of sound mind and have read the book 1984 by George Orwell normally view that book as a brilliantly written warning of what a dystopian nightmare life on Earth could become if ever godless, ruthless, hypocritical, power-hungry, self-righteous Marxist-thinking individuals completely took over a society or an entire world.

These radical Luciferian leftist individuals view Orwell’s book “1984” as a playbook. The multi-billionaire evil globalist elitists of today come to mind. The Davos Club and Bilderberg Group, the International Bankster Gangsters like the Rothchilds and the Rockefellers and their international investment corporations such as Blackrock, Vanguard and Statestreet, Bill Gates the Injector and Klaus Schwab the Connector, and all of his World Economic Forum trained minions of “young leaders” such as Trudeau of Canada, Zelenskyy of the Ukraine, Ardern of New Zealand, Albanese of Australia, and California dictator Gavin Newsom.

The Israel-bashing, Jew-hating United Nations led by Antonio Guterres and The World Health Organization with wannabe global medical tyrant Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the helm come to mind.  By the way, all of the above-mentioned organizations are in one way or another owned by the Multi-Billionaires Club, which is also known by such other names as the Globalist Elite, the Deep State, the Swamp, and, as Orwell writes, the “Party.”

 In the United States of America, we have the Uni-Party made up of Marxists and RINOs (Republicans in name only). So, if they are RINOs and not really Republicans, what are they? Well, they are either corrupt sell-out individuals bought and owned by the globalists, or they are globalist-supporting Marxists in disguise. Wolves in sheep clothing.

In Orwell’s book, the “Party” are the rulers of the geographical area known as Oceania and are the embodiment of Isaiah’s warning. The “Party” intimidates everyone into embracing their upside-down, inside-out, backward way of seeing things.  In “1984” everything means the opposite of what it really is. The “Ministry of Love” is where the “Party” tortures people to break their spirit. The “Ministry of Peace” is where wars are planned.  The “Ministry of Truth” is where history is rewritten and propaganda is produced and distributed. The official narrative is the only narrative allowed, and “Big Brother” is watching you.

If you have not read 1984, the “Party,” by the way, is basically the same thing as the “Deep State” owned and run by the “Globalists” and their many offshoot organizations.  Because “Big Brother is always watching you, you will be caught if you dare to buck the system, and then you will be hauled off to the Ministry of Love to either be broken down, straightened out, and reprogrammed through torture, or eliminated and then erased from history at the Ministry of Truth.The similarities to the book 1984 have been adding up in recent years in real-time here on Earth and are quite chilling.

The term “woke” is one example.

It is not at all difficult for a person of sound mind to observe that “woke” people behave in a way that is the antithesis of the actual meaning of the word. The word “woke” is meant by those who embrace woke ideology to imply enlightenment.

Yet, the behavior and what comes out of their mouths implies just the opposite. “Woke” people act as if they are smarter than anyone who disagrees with their way of thinking. To a rational mind, it appears as if the “woke” are only slightly smarter than a bag of rocks. However, much less pleasant than a bag of rocks.

Hence, the term “Single Digit IQ People.” Just enough IQ to somewhat function as a “useful idiot,” perhaps to be employed carrying signs and mindlessly screaming at protests organized by their Marxist overlords. They most likely started out with normal IQs before being systematically dumbed down on leftist-run college campuses or through absorbing massive amounts of fake news. Or both.

None of what is being said is meant to be mean or sarcastic. It is simply about what Isaiah’s warning looks like when it is ignored here in the cultural environment we live in today. It is really only in the last decade or so that this subject has become so very apparent and blatantly relevant.

In the Holy Bible, the Lord said that in the end times, there would be great delusion and that some people would be given over to a reprobate mind. It is observable that this can apply equally to any economic group, including the super-wealthy.

There are several definitions of a reprobate mind that have been mentioned before in previous articles, and it is worth repeating.

Reprobate: 

  •  morally unprincipled person 
  •  shameless 
  •  depraved 
  •  Reject the truth

Sounds like one who has embraced evil, rejected the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, rejected salvation, blasphemed the Holy Spirit, feels no need to change, and has arrogantly spit on even the very idea that they need changing.

When leaders of institutes of “higher learning,” national and international healthcare officials, and even some leaders of nations are unable and at a complete loss to define what a “woman” is, well then, “Houston, we have a problem.”

When minds are this broken, so broken that women’s menstrual products are ordered to be made available in men’s public restrooms because it is a “woke” belief that men can get pregnant and have babies, then it might be safe to say that these people who think in such ways have in fact been given over to strong delusion and a reprobate mind (2 Thessalonians 2:11; Romans 1:28).

For all who love the Lord and trust in Jesus and are sickened by the “woke” wickedness, as well as sickened by the cruel and brutal murderous wickedness committed by deluded tyrannical Islamists, and sickened by the god-playing globalists with their ruthless 2030 Agenda genocidal efforts to rid the world of about six and one half billion so-called ‘useless eaters’ — otherwise known as nuclear families of fathers and mothers and their children – and then merge whoever is left with artificial intelligence, and just plain sick of all of the wickedness perpetrated by delusional reprobates of every stripe that we are witnessing on Earth in these last days, then please take heart.

Take heart and encourage each other with these words.

“When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near” (Luke 21:28).

Our redemption draws closer and closer with every day that passes.  “Maranatha”

Israel Shall Not Be Moved

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Why I know Israel wins in the end.  No one can drive them out of their land.  The Lord said He would restore Israel, and He fulfilled that prophecy on May 14 1948.  Once they are back, they will never leave again.

Jeremiah 16:14-16 

Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD, “that it shall no more be said, ‘The LORD lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,’ but, ‘The LORD lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had driven them.’ For I will bring them back into their land which I gave to their fathers.”

Therefore behold the days are coming: The previous word from Jeremiah was about as dark as could be, with God promising I will not show you favor in the land of their coming exile. Yet as if God could not help Himself, that word of despair is immediately followed by a wonderful and gracious promise.

 No more shall it be said, “The LORD lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt”: God’s deliverance of His people from Egypt was the central act of redemption in the Old Testament. Through the Passover celebration and in many other ways, God constantly reminded Israel of this great work.  

c. But, “The LORD lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had driven them”: God made a remarkable promise – that there would be a new measure of His greatness and redemptive power. The new measure would be the return from captivity when God would bring them back into their land.

“The reference to ‘all the countries’ shows that the prophet was predicting a restoration from a general dispersion after the Exile.” After AD 70 the Jews were scattered unto the four corners of the earth.  No nation could survive that, however the Jews did!  Because of God.  A greater than Egypt may very well be pulling them back from all nations

God was so determined to fulfill His promise to a return to the land, He sent out fishers (to catch them) and hunters (to hunt them down) to return them to the land of promise. Even so far as the cleft of the rock. (Place of hiding and safety.)

No one could deny the greatness of the deliverance from Egypt, but the regathering was even greater.  Here God pulls them back to their homeland

Isaiah 43:5-6 God says I will bring your descendants from the East (behind the iron curtain), from the west (Western Europe & America), the North (following the fall of the Soviet Union), the South (Ethiopians Jews in 1991).  God brought His sons and daughters from the ends of the earth, to a land given to Abraham.  No people group could have accomplished this on their own.  But God…..

Why do I believe Israel will never be defeated, because they have returned and made the desert blossom like a rose.🌹 

 There is a valuable spiritual analogy here. The initial work of redemption in the life of a believer is great; but the restoring work of the believer – when God brings a chastened child of His out of a metaphorical exile and back into His favor and promise – this work may sometimes be regarded as even greater. This is the principle God revealed to Jeremiah.

None of us are too far gone that Jesus cannot restore.  Welcome home child, you belong in the Father’s arms!

Missiles, Warnings, and a Countdown to Conflict

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U.S. Repositions Amid Looming Iran-Israel Clash

By Tania Curado-Koenig | June 2025

Washington, D.C. — The United States’ decision to redirect 20,000 anti-drone missiles from Ukraine to the Middle East has sent shockwaves through diplomatic and military circles, triggering concerns of an imminent regional war. While the Pentagon has yet to confirm the final destination of the munitions, multiple Israeli officials have acknowledged that the bulk of the shipment is being integrated into Israel’s air defense system — a sign that the threat from Iran and its regional proxies is now considered immediate.

The missiles, designed to intercept Shahed-type drones, had been previously allocated to Ukraine. Their sudden diversion, confirmed on national television by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, marks a rare public acknowledgment of shifting U.S. priorities. “This morning, my Defense Minister informed me that the United States had redirected 20,000 missiles to the Middle East,” Zelenskyy told ABC’s This Week on June 8.

Israel Moves to High Alert

According to The New York Times, Israel has formally notified U.S. officials that its military has completed operational planning to strike Iranian nuclear sites, particularly the underground facilities at Fordow and Natanz. Defense analysts in both Washington and Tel Aviv confirm that Israel has repositioned key assets across its northern and southern fronts, reinforcing air defense systems and elevating surveillance across hostile borders.

In an unusual move, the U.S. Embassy in Israel issued a travel restriction advisory to its personnel on Wednesday, prohibiting non-essential movement outside of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Beersheba. The alert follows a series of escalatory warnings from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its affiliated militias across Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen.

Trump Responds to Evacuations

While the Trump administration has maintained a tight lid on active operations, President Donald Trump made headlines Wednesday night when questioned during a red carpet appearance about the rapid evacuation of American citizens from the Middle East.

“This can be a dangerous place,” Trump said. “We’ve received warnings. You’ll have to wait and see.”

The comment came just hours before classified briefings were delivered to congressional defense committees regarding Israel’s military readiness and Iran’s nuclear acceleration.

Iran Escalates Rhetoric and Enrichment

An Iranian official responded Thursday, calling Israel’s posture “bluster” and accusing Washington of leveraging military threats to gain concessions at the negotiating table. “They want us to fold on our demands,” he said. “But we won’t.”

At the same time, Iran has announced that it will replace all first-generation centrifuges at its Fordow nuclear site with sixth-generation models — a move likely to provoke formal condemnation by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), whose Board of Governors remains in emergency session in Vienna.

Strategic Implications

The Biden administration, in its final year, had authorized the now-diverted missile shipment to Ukraine. That shipment never arrived in full, and under President Trump’s current national security calculus, those resources have been repurposed to the Middle East — indicating a major reassessment of risk.

What this shift confirms is that Israel is now the central front in the eyes of U.S. defense planners. With growing threats from Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iranian-backed militias, the decision to preemptively strengthen Israel’s defense grid appears aimed at preventing a worst-case scenario: a surprise, multi-front missile and drone assault.

A Remarkable Strategic Feat

Though it has drawn relatively little media attention, the speed and scale of this transfer were extraordinary. According to multiple U.S. and Ukrainian sources, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the redirection of the 20,000 anti-drone missiles on June 4, 2025. Just four days later, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy confirmed the diversion publicly on June 8. Moving tens of thousands of guided munitions — including advanced APKWS systems — within such a narrow timeframe reflects not only high-level coordination but urgent strategic readiness. For many military analysts, it stands as a rare example of American logistical and political clarity in a moment of rising global tension.

A Rapidly Narrowing Window

U.S. and Israeli military officials remain tight-lipped about possible timelines, but multiple diplomatic sources suggest that the window for diplomacy is closing fast. Should the IAEA issue a formal ruling of non-compliance — expected within days — the Trump administration may use it as legal and political cover to announce the end of nuclear negotiations with Tehran.

Such a move would likely be followed by either a unilateral Israeli strike or a joint allied operation against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.

A Call to the Church: Pray for President Trump

As the situation intensifies, the role of President Donald Trump in repositioning U.S. support toward Israel must not go unnoticed. After the failure of Steve Witkoff’s backchannel diplomacy — which left Israel isolated and vulnerable — the Trump administration’s recent actions mark a return to clarity, urgency, and covenant-based alignment.

For the Church, this is a critical moment. While political leaders calculate strategy, God’s people must engage in intercession. President Trump is carrying the weight of volatile decisions that could reshape the region — and history.

He needs wisdom. He needs protection. He needs prayer.

And Israel does too. As tensions rise and a multi-front war looms, we must pray not only for President Trump but for Israel’s national leadership, its citizens, and especially the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Their readiness, courage, and protection are essential in the days ahead. The Church must stand in the gap, interceding boldly for Israel’s safety and for the clarity of God’s purposes to prevail in the land He calls His own.

Tania Curado-Koenig is a geopolitical analyst and contributor specializing in Middle Eastern affairs, U.S.-Israel relations, and biblical diplomacy. This article is part of her ongoing coverage of shifting alliances and prophetic turning points in global affairs.

Global Reset

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I have copied an article from Watch.org, written by Bill Koenig. Bill has deep contacts in Israel, Europe and in Washington. He is a Christian White House journalist. Interesting take, makes sense to me. Rh

Behind the Scenes: A White House Correspondent’s Take on Israel, Trump, and the European Shakeup

INTRO:

Hi everyone, William Koenig here. 

There’s a lot happening behind the scenes. If you’re following Israel, Trump’s tense exchange with Zelenskyy, and Sunday’s European meeting—buckle up. This is the real story.

ISRAEL TODAY: THE SHIFT WE CAN’T IGNORE

Israel is at a crossroads. On one hand, security threats are escalating—Hamas is making moves in Judea and Samaria, Iran is flexing its muscle, and the world is getting increasingly hostile toward Israel’s right to defend itself.

Behind closed doors, Israeli officials aren’t just talking about defense—they’re making decisions that will determine the survival of the nation. The IDF isn’t playing games anymore. Every move is calculated. The last thing they want is another October 7 scenario playing out in Judea and Samaria.

TRUMP & ZELENSKYY: THE BLOW-UP

Now, let’s talk Trump.

His meeting with Zelenskyy at the White House? A disaster. Zelenskyy came in expecting one thing, but Trump was all business. He laid out a minerals deal—a way for Ukraine to rebuild, backed by American investment. But Zelenskyy, pressured by Democrats and European leaders, rejected it.

Big mistake. Trump hates being pushed around, especially by a leader whose country is being propped up by American tax dollars. The room got heated, voices were raised, and Trump finally cut the meeting short.

Here’s the real kicker—this wasn’t just about Ukraine. This was Trump sending a message to Europe: “Step up or step aside.”

EUROPE’S WAKE-UP CALL

And that brings us to today’s European summit.

With the U.S. playing hardball, European leaders are scrambling. They met in London today to figure out how to support Ukraine without relying on Washington.

Here’s the reality: Europe doesn’t have a real plan. They’re talking about forming a “coalition of the willing” to support Ukraine, but behind closed doors? They know they’re in trouble. They’d need to increase defense spending by €250 billion annually just to fill the gap if the U.S. pulls back.

BEHIND THE SCENES TAKEAWAY

    •    Israel is making bold moves behind the scenes to secure Judea and Samaria.

    •    Trump is shifting the entire global power dynamic—and he’s not afraid to leave Ukraine (and Europe) on their own.

    •    Europe is trying to play catch-up, but without a united front, they’re in serious trouble.

Folks, this is a global reset happening in real time. What happens next? It all hinges on decisions being made right now—decisions that will shape the future of Israel, Ukraine, and global security.

 

Switzerland’s New Suicide Pod Is Not the ‘Solution’ to Our Troubles. Christ Is.

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Sarah Holliday

July 19, 2024

We live in a world saturated with sin, which frequently comes across as death-obsessed. Look around and you’ll quickly see how many in our culture demand abortion, the death of the unborn. Our schools and government continue to push for transgenderism and LGBT ideology, the death of innocence and basic biology. Society, it often seems, craves complete subjectivity, the death of truth itself. And yet, death has another sly sickle swinging in the lives of vulnerable people, and it goes by the name of euthanasia — the death of hope.

For someone already questioning their life, fed up with the troubles of this world and looking for a way out, euthanasia seems a fitting route. But really, it’s a tragedy, and one being heavily promoted in various parts of the world. A major culprit of this life-ending system is Switzerland, which recently brought attention to their soon-to-come “portable suicide pod,” Sarco. In less than 10 minutes and at the cost of $20, this pod will rob you of your life.

The Last Resort (LR) is the organization presenting this with the inventor Philip Nitschke of Exit International (EI), and they noted they “saw no legal obstacle to its use in Switzerland, where the law generally allows assisted suicide if the person commits the lethal act themselves.” According to LR executive Florian Willet, the suicide pod, which was first unveiled in 2019, already has people “queuing up.” It currently only holds someone as tall as five feet eight inches, but “the development team is seeking to build a double Sarco so couples could end their lives together.”

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The way it operates is by replacing the oxygen inside the pod with nitrogen, which then leads to death by hypoxia. “I cannot imagine a more beautiful way [to die],” Willet added. “[B]reathing air without oxygen until falling into an eternal sleep.” For someone who chooses this route, these are the last words they will hear from a robotic voice: “If you want to die, press this button.”

As Nitschke explained, “Within two breaths of air of that low level of oxygen, they will start to feel disorientated, uncoordinated and slightly euphoric before losing consciousness. … We will be able to see quite quickly when that person has died.” And once that button is pressed, he noted, that’s it — “There’s no way of going back.”

In a conversation with Annabelle Pechmann, a current intern with Family Research Council’s Communications Department, it became clear her heart for bringing awareness to the dangers of euthanasia and its threat to the sanctity of life. To The Washington Stand, she explained that Sarco’s launch in Switzerland seems to be “a wake-up call to our society in the West,” and especially for those of us in the church. She urged, “As Christians, [it’s important] to start preparing policies against this happening in places such as America.”

From Pechmann’s perspective, euthanasia is a “type of genocide,” and arguably, it’s been largely off the radar of most Americans. But “we shouldn’t wait until a policy or a nonprofit or some piece of legislation comes out to declare that this is acceptable … in our country” before we counter it, she urged. “The time to stand against such evil is now.”

This suicide pod, as it’s been deemed, is a machine created by people who claim to be doctors yet have dedicated the majority of their work to making death more convenient. Allegedly, Sarco is reserved for people over the age of 50. But as LR advisory board member Fiona Stewart said that if someone 18 or older was severely ill, “[W]e would not want to deny a suffering person based on their age.” And digging deeper, it becomes evident that someone like Nitschke has podcasts, videos, workshops, and more, all of which promote death — even if you’re physically healthy.

Indeed, if you look at the Sarco website, it includes these phrases like “(Re)design Death” and “what if we dared to imagine that our last day might also be one of our most exciting?” The page specifically states, “The elegant design was intended to suggest a sense of occasion: of travel to a ‘new destination.’” This is a system glorifying and romanticizing death. As Pechmann emphasized, “Last time I thought about it, human beings still feel pain, death still exists, and suffering occurs in this broken world. To state that euthanasia and physician assisted suicide are part to solving people’s problems, well, it is only adding to them.”

The truth is, as Pechmann eloquently said, euthanasia does not provide “hope, a cure, [or] a change.” And yet, these are what people need most. More than just needing them, we need hopes, cures, and changes that are eternal — all of which are exclusively offered in Jesus Christ.

As I read about Sarco, becoming increasingly mournful over this flippant view of life and death, the words from Matthew 6 came to mind. “Look at the birds of the air,” Jesus said. “They neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” He went on, “Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?” (Matthew 6:26; 28-30).

In the strife of life, perhaps there are fewer comforts greater than knowing our Lord loves us. “Come to Me,” Jesus tells us, “All you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). To not only serve an all-powerful God, but one who genuinely cares about us — oh, how sweet is this truth. Because even when life doesn’t feel worth living, His promises give us hope to endure; His truth gives us council to move forward; His grace opens the door to eternal life with Him. One day, we will be free of sin, where pain, death, and all suffering will be no more. This is what the Christian life is all about. Truly, to someday live eternally with our Maker is all we need to live joyfully now, despite the vexations that arise as we wait for that day.

Suicide is simply not the answer. Christ, in any and all things, is. As a church, my prayer is that we can take heartbreaking information like what is coming out of Switzerland and be stirred to more passionate evangelism. Don’t you realize? We have the truth every person walking this earth needs. Christ, as Paul wrote in Phillipians 4, is the key to contentment and the key to fortitude. Christ, as Pastor Charles Spurgeon stated, is a perfect Savior who “hath all power in heaven and in earth to save souls.” He has the “power to meet all needs … in all cases … at all times.”

Christ, Spurgeon concludes, “is the God of all grace to us. Deep as our miseries and boundless as our sins may be, the mines of His unfathomable love, His grace, and His power, exceed them still.” This is what broken souls need. Not a pod that permanently erases all hope and life, but a Savior who is a permanent hope, and offers eternal, painless life.