Tag: Middle East

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY

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URGENT PRAYER NEEDED

ARE WE LOOKING AT ANOTHER BLACK MONDAY?

Good – BBB passed

Bad – Saudi Arabia: secret meetings 

Ugly – Judea & Samaria

Good: budget deal

Legislative Breakdown: What’s in the Big Bill

  • Tax Cuts Extended: The Trump-era tax reductions that were set to expire are now locked in, benefitting individuals and small businesses.
  • Tipped Wage Tax Eliminated: A major win for restaurant and service workers — and a clear political nod to working-class Americans.
  • Border Security Surge: Billions in new resources for the southern border — fencing, surveillance, and detention capabilities.
  • Regulatory Rollbacks: Additional deregulatory provisions aimed at streamlining federal red tape across sectors.
  • Planned Parenthoods lose $1 Billion close 200 facilities

Bad: Secret meetings 

Will this Monday be a “black Monday”, will Israel be sold out and told to accept a deal that is not in their best interest?  A few weeks ago Prime Minister Netanyahu flew from Europe to get Trump’s blessing to attack the nuclear facilities in Iran.  Trump told him to stand down and allow the US to broker a deal with Iran.  No deal was reached and the attacks happened anyway.  My fear is the same for this Monday, Israel needs to be in on all talks that concern peace in the Middle East. They are our long-time partners.

Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman secretly met with President Donald Trump and other key officials in the White House on Thursday to discuss de-escalation efforts with Iran, multiple sources confirmed with Fox News.

According to sources, the talks included discussions about de-escalation with Iran and getting to the negotiating table. The talks were also reportedly about ending the war in Gaza and negotiating the release of the remaining hostages – whether dead or alive – and about working toward peace in the Middle East. Although the talks were not exclusively about the possibility of normalization with Israel, sources said the conversation dealt with steps that needed to occur to get there.

The Saudis are in the process of finalizing a defense and trade deal with the U.S., and the message shared between the two allies, sources added, is that they see eye-to-eye on all issues.

  • Saudi Arabia – expansion of Abraham Accords
  • Likud Party deal to preserve Judea & Samaria
  • 60 day Hamas ceasefire
  • Who will rule Hamas?

Ugly: It’s all about the land.  

Remember James Carville ( insert crazy Cajun dialect) “It’s the economy stupid” to President Clinton on his re-election bid.  Well with Israel it is “all about the land.”

Fast forward to today: we are seeing signs of another round of Abraham Accord expansion, driven by geopolitical ambition and economic interests. Letters of warning have been sent to the White House by Pastors and Christian Conservatives, (myself included), but don’t yet know if they’ve reached President Trump’s desk. But the message remains the same

  • Genesis 15:18 (NKJV): On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates.”
  • Joel 3:2 (NKJV): “I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and I will enter judgment with them there on account of My people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations: they have divided My land.”
  • Likud Party ministers in the Knesset demand that Netanyahu annex the West Bank (Biblical Judea and Samaria) before the end of the month.

Let us watch closely. Let us pray fervently. What are his faith advisors telling him?  

  • Are they speaking Biblical truth to Trump?
  • Do they understand the severity of dividing the land??
  • Or is Trump not listening to his counsel?
  • And let us speak truth boldly — that no campaign, no peace deal, and no political ambition is worth compromising the eternal covenant of the Lord.

Wrap up

  • Pray for discernment.  Someone needs to get into the President’s ear.
  • How badly does Trump want peace ?
  • Are financial deals more important?
  • Investments are great, but can two walk together???
  • Intercede because God frowns on division of the land of promise (covenant?)
  • Honoring God’s covenant with Israel is MAGA or America first.
  • Israel is the best friend we have in the world & in the most volatile area of  the world is Israel.

Sage words from Ambassador Mike Huckabee : “Hamas has “no future” in Gaza, it would be like the Nazis rebuilding Germany after WW2

Prayer points below:

  • Discernment for President Trump
  • No division of the land
  • No two state solution
  • Safety for IDF and citizens of Israel
  • Hostages returned first before a cease fire
  • Psalms 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem

Jews Are Not Just a People, But They are A Testimony

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Below is an excellent article that captures so very much about the stamina and drive of the Jewish people and a small nation called Israel. Rh

This is an excellent article by Alister Heath, a British journalist for the Daily Telegraph:

There’s something about Israel that makes people uncomfortable, and it’s not what they say it is.

They’ll point to politics, settlements, borders, and wars. But scratch beneath the outrage, and you’ll find something deeper. A discomfort not with what Israel does, but with what Israel is.

A nation this small should not be this strong. Period.

Israel has no oil. No special natural resources. A population barely the size of a mid-sized American city. They are surrounded by enemies. Hated in the United Nations. Targeted by terror. Condemned by celebrities. Boycotted, slandered, and attacked.

And still, they thrive like there’s no tomorrow.

In military. In medicine. In security. In technology. In agriculture. In intelligence. In morality. In sheer, unbreakable will.

They turn desert into farmland.

They make water from air.

They intercept rockets in mid-air.

They rescue hostages under the nose of the world’s worst regimes.

They survive wars that were supposed to wipe them out, and win.

The world watches this and can’t make sense of it.

So they do what people do when they witness strength they can’t understand.

They assume it must be cheating.

It must be American aid.

It must be foreign lobbying.

It must be oppression.

It must be theft.

It must be some dark trick that gave the Jews this kind of power.

It must be blackmail.

Because heaven forbid it’s something else.

Heaven forbid it’s real.

Heaven forbid it’s earned.

Or worse, destined.

The Jewish people were supposed to disappear a long, long time ago. That’s how the story of exiled, enslaved, hated minorities is supposed to end. But the Jews didn’t disappear. They actually came home, rebuilt their land, revived their language, and brought their dead back to life — in memory, in identity, and in strength.

That’s not normal.

It’s not political.

It’s biblical.

There’s no cheat code that explains how a group of people return to their homeland after 2,000 years.

There is no rational path from gas chambers to global influence.

And there is no historical precedent for surviving the Babylonians, the Romans, the Crusaders, the Inquisition, the pogroms, and the Holocaust, and still showing up to work on Monday in Tel Aviv.

Israel doesn’t make sense.

Unless you believe in something beyond the math.

This is what drives the world crazy. Because if Israel is real, if this improbable, ancient, hated nation is somehow still chosen, protected, and thriving, then maybe God isn’t a myth after all.

Maybe He’s still in the story.

Maybe history isn’t random.

Maybe evil doesn’t get the last word.

Maybe the Jews are not just a people… but a testimony.

That’s what they can’t stand.

Because once you admit that Israel’s survival isn’t just impressive, but divine, everything changes. Your moral compass has to reset. Your assumptions about history, power, and justice collapse. You realize you’re not watching the end of an empire. You’re witnessing the beginning of something eternal.

So they deny it.

They smear it.

And rage against it.

Because it’s easier to call a miracle “cheating” than to face the possibility that God keeps His promises.

And He’s keeping them still!

President Trump’s Rushed Abraham Accords: Is Consequential Political Failure Ahead? by William Koenig  | Koenig’s Eye View

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President Trump’s Rushed Abraham Accords: Is Consequential Political Failure Ahead? by William Koenig  | Koenig’s Eye View
— Read on watch.org/node/132599

Prayerfully consider the article above. Well stated with many concerns that I have as well. Something has been off with the Abraham Accords since day one, at least that was my feeling. We are living in Biblical times. You were born for such a time as this. Rh

US Drops Bunker Buster Bombs on 3 Nuclear Facilities

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Reports in the American media:

About 30 GBU-57 bombs were dropped on the nuclear facility in Fordow.

Let us recall that each such bomb weighs about 14 tons.

That is, 420 tons of explosives were dropped on the facility in Fordow.

As expected – Trump had a window of 24 hours while the markets are closed to finish the job. By Monday morning the markets will open with Iran without its nuclear program! Again from Amir

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!

Israel’s Decapitation Strike on Iran: A Prophetic and Military Earthquake By William Koenig-watch.org

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June 14, 2025 

Long article that I have reposted from Bill Koenig (watch.org). Outstanding information. Check his page out, he is the real deal. Rh

A Historic Operation with Prophetic Significance

In what is being described by senior defense officials as one of the most strategically precise and far-reaching operations in Israeli military history, and very likely in world history according to numerous international military experts. 

Israel launched ‘Operation Rising Lion’—a multi-phase offensive targeting Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure. More than 20 top Iranian nuclear scientists and military commanders have been eliminated, nuclear enrichment facilities in Natanz and Fordow have been decimated, and key ballistic missile launch sites neutralized.

The alleged tensions between President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also had apparent coordination, understanding of strategies and strategic cooperation. 

This was preceded by President Donald Trump’s warning 62 days ago that Iran had 60 days to reach a nuclear agreement or suffer the consequences. On the 61st day, Israel struck. This isn’t coincidence—it’s coordination. U.S. forces have provided intelligence support and regional reinforcement. The Pentagon has reportedly moved 20,000 missile defense systems into key strategic locations across the Middle East. The Jerusalem Post reported that Britain is moving additional military assets, including fighter jets, to the Middle East to provide support across the region, Prime Minister Keir Starmer told reporters on Saturday as he was en route to a Group of Seven meeting in Canada.

This military action is also prophetic in nature. It mirrors the warning in Jeremiah 49:35–39: “Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might… I will bring disaster upon them… I will set My throne in Elam.” Elam, the ancient region which is now southwest Iran, has long been associated with Persia and modern-day Iranian territory.

Iran’s Military: The Threat That Never Was

Despite its constant threats, Iran’s actual military capabilities are severely limited. Their air force relies on obsolete 1970s-era aircraft. Their navy is largely symbolic, composed of speedboats and coastal patrols. Their strength lies in proxies—Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza, and the Houthis in Yemen.

Iran’s primary goal has been nuclear. Former IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani declared repeatedly that Israel must be erased from the map before he was assassinated at the Bagdad International Airport January 3, 2020 . Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has spoken of the ‘final war’ to destroy Zionism. Iran’s late president, Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash, echoed the same.

These declarations echo Psalm 83, which speaks of nations that conspire, saying: ‘Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more’ (Psalm 83:4).

How Obama’s Nuclear Deal Fueled This Crisis

In 2015, the Obama administration pushed through the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran nuclear deal. This was not a treaty ratified by Congress, but an executive agreement. Billions in sanctions relief and cash were delivered to Iran. Those funds were funneled to terror networks. And an estimated $100 billion plus in new revenue after President Joe Biden eliminated or reduced sanctions on Iran that President Trump had put in place in his first term from 2017 t0 2021. 

According to Israeli military sources, the deal allowed Iran to build an extensive infrastructure of terror—150,000 rockets and 15,000 missiles for Hezbollah, tens of thousands of rockets in Gaza, and ongoing uranium enrichment despite inspections. 

The Rise of a New Middle East—and Israel’s Central Role

Ironically, one of the unintended outcomes of the Obama-era Iran deal has been a growing alliance on military intelligence between Israel and Sunni Arab nations. As one senior Israeli media government official told me: ‘If it weren’t for Obama’s Iran deal, we would never have worked so closely with the Saudis, the Emiratis, and the Bahrainis,they know that we are not a threat to them, that Shiite Iran is their greatest threat.’

Israel now shares strategic cooperation with the UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, and even Saudi Arabia. Ezekiel 38:11 speaks of a time when Israel will dwell securely—this may be a prelude. But Ezekiel’s prophecy continues: a massive coalition led by Gog will eventually invade Israel from the north.

This period of peace will be fragile, enforced by Israel’s overwhelming military superiority. Is this the ‘calm before the storm’ described in Ezekiel 38 and 39? 

Approaching the Covenant of Daniel 9:27

As regional conflicts settle, attention will turn to diplomatic resolutions. Daniel 9:27 foretells a seven-year covenant made by a coming world leader—the Antichrist. ‘He will confirm a covenant with many for one seven; in the middle of the seven he will put an end to sacrifice and offering.’

Halfway through this seven year period, this leader will desecrate the Third Temple in Jerusalem, proclaim himself to be God, and trigger the Great Tribulation—a time of unprecedented global suffering (Matthew 24:21).

This agreement will likely be endorsed by a false prophet (Revelation 13:11–18). We are drawing nearing to this period as political and religious alliances form rapidly.

The Stage Is Being Set

This is a time of historic shaking. Operation Rising Lion is not merely a military campaign—it is a seismic prophetic turning point. The alliances forming, the enemies falling, the prophecies aligning.

We are not just observers—we are watchmen. As Jesus said in Luke 21:28, ‘When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.’

Iran Planned to Start a Nuclear War??

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BREAKING NEWS: 🚨🚨

Russia Today reports:

“Before the attack on Iran, Israel detected unusual movements in Iran that indicated an intention to launch nuclear weapons at Israel. According to the report, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, planned to launch a nuclear bomb at Israel – a bomb that would completely obliterate the State of Israel. The goal: to spread severe radioactive radiation throughout Israeli territory, and wait for years for the radiation to dissipate, and then repopulate the area with Palestinian civilians.”

Following the serious discovery, Israel decided to act immediately, attacked key nuclear facilities in Iran and launched a war – to thwart the nuclear threat once and for all.
(Hananya Naftali)

Suffice to say this could be fake news. We do know Iran would soon have nuclear bombs. We also know that Russia is a friend of Iran, so for them to send out fake news that makes Iran look bad? Does it make sense? who how’s, but just wanted my followers to have the latest. I can’t validate this report. Rh