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Keep Your Eyes On Turkey

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Turkey is taking a significant step toward joining the global military elite by testing a missile that would put much of Europe and the Middle East within reach and eventually lead to the launch of real-time intelligence satellites, according to people familiar with the plans.

The country showcased an intercontinental ballistic missile at an expo this week, joining the US, Russia and only a handful of other powers that have the weapons. Turkey’s ICBM has a range of 6,000 kilometers (3,750 miles) and the plan is to test fire it in Somalia later this year at the earliest, the people said, declining to be identified when talking about sensitive defense matters.

For full article: Bloomberg

As I said earlier in another post, Turkey is the next big Muslim country to be wary of in the Middle East. Leadership of turkey has openly said, “we will dance around Jerusalem”, and they are not talking about in friendship, but in the defeat of Israel. This is a NATO country that is a thorn in the side of Israel. Ezekiel 38 talks of Iran, Turkey, and Russia leading a coalition against a peaceful Israel. It will happen. Be wary of Turkey. Rh

Movement With Iran

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Reports that the U.S. and Iran are at the closest point to an agreement since the war began.

• The naval blockade by the US and Iran will be gradually lifted during the detailed negotiation period.

• The US will commit in the memorandum of understanding to gradually remove sanctions and release tens of billions of dollars from freezing.

• Negotiations are still ongoing regarding the duration of the uranium enrichment freeze. Three sources said the freeze will last at least 12 years, and one source estimated the final result will be 15 years. Additionally, the US wants to include a clause in the agreement stating that any Iranian violation regarding uranium enrichment will extend the freeze period.

• Two sources claimed that Iran will agree to remove the highly enriched uranium in its possession from the country.

• The United States expects to receive Iran’s response within the next 48 hours on several key points in the draft framework agreement.

Trump to PBS: Trump to PBS network: It is possible that we will reach a deal before my visit to China next week. There is a good chance to end the war with Iran. I don’t think I will send Witkoff and Kushner for talks.

More from Trump to PBS: The enriched uranium will be transferred to the US as part of the deal. Iran will not use underground facilities. If there is no agreement, we will bomb them to hell

IMO – it will never happen. Iran’s leadership is fractured. Hardliners only want delay, the more moderate faction does want some type of deal. What will Trump do? Who knows, Mr preference is take ‘em out. Rh

Update:

Bottom line:

Once again, the political level of the Islamic Republic is making promises to the Americans that the military level – which is de facto ruling the country – is not in agreement with.

Netanyahu

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Netanyahu

By Jim Fletcher

Below is a powerful tribute to a roaring lion for the nation of Israel. Some love him, most hate or despise him. He and Trump, (IMO) are much alike. Raised for such a time as this, together they have proved a valiant and resolute pair of compatriots against the evils of the day in the Middle East, especially there firm conviction that Iran must be de-clawed. Never count either one out. Cheers and God’s best to them both. Rh

I well remember asking a new Israeli friend in 1996 how to pronounce the name of a rising politician, one running for prime minister of Israel against the old lion, Shimon Peres.

The new lion would do quite well for himself.

Benjamin Netanyahu, against all odds, beat Peres in 1996 and though he lost to the hapless Ehud Barak three years later, he re-emerged later to become Israel’s longest-serving PM. 

(When I say “hapless,” I mean that Barak was as a politician. As a commander within the IDF’s elite counter-terrorism unit, Barak was truly elite. Israel’s fighters-turned-politicians often do maddening things once in office. Netanyahu himself has bucked that trend and has served with distinction.)

Netanyahu was hated from the beginning, although he’s always had a strong base within the Likud Party (somewhat akin to our Republicans). Raised on a strong diet of Zionism from Benzion and Cela, he and his brothers have been devoted lions for the state of Israel. I remember in Bibi’s book, A Durable Peace, he described a training maneuver that took his unit through the Negev Desert, emerging at Masada one night. Sweating, breathing hard as he looked at the ancient fortress, Netanyahu felt a real link to his ancestors. This is the essence of Zionism and has served him well as he navigated evil leaders like Arafat, Clinton, and all UN chiefs. 

This week, I thought he got a nice tribute via X, as @liberallikudnik wrote:

“Begin grew old and weary and handed over all of Sinai to Egypt. Rabin grew old and weary and brought armed terrorists into the heart of the country. Sharon grew old and weary and turned Gaza into Judenrein and a terrorist state. Netanyahu in their age, a hero like a lion, full of vigor, building in Judea and Samaria, leading the IDF back to Gaza, to Lebanon and Syria, and eliminating the regime of evil in Iran. May he be healthy.”

True enough. Although I take exception to the partial description of Menachem Begin, a truly elite PM for Israel. As the winner of the premiership in 1977, leading Likud, Begin has arguably been Israel’s most religious prime minister. He was a great man. Yes, he tired at the end, but his mind and body were spent fighting as a Zionist. May his memory be a blessing.

I would say Yitzhak Rabin, as perhaps Israel’s least religious leader, made some fundamental diplomatic errors, yet. Sharon inexplicably emptied Gaza of Jews, but I suspect that had a lot to do with intense pressure from the George Bush gang. Among the weakest Israeli PMs—if you can call Naftali Bennett’s and Yair Lapid’s five minutes in office actual leaders—are those two, ideological foes that still came together in their hatred of Netanyahu.

New Israeli elections will emerge this fall and as usual, like clockwork, Netanyahu’s political obituary is being polished up as we speak. It can be added to the dozens more than have come before. It’s a bit like Oklahoma and Texas, or vice versa, not having a chance against the other in the Cotton Bowl. Then…the inevitable upset.

Benjamin Netanyahu has been criticized, heavily, by literally everyone. He has a polarizing personality, but I would argue not of his own making. I haven’t always liked his decisions, but everyone does that. I will go to my grave believing that he is much more the young man that sat around the family dinner table in the Old Katamon neighborhood in Jerusalem. As I’ve written before, I knew the old man the last decade he lived, and a couple times walked a few blocks over to gaze on the sublime scene of Jerusalem’s Old City in the moonlight. My wonderful conversations with Benzion make it clear to me all three Netanyahu boys will take Zion into their hearts for the duration. All three served in the same unit, Sayeret Matkal. 

At present, there is no one fit to tie Netanyahu’s shoelaces among their political echelon. 

Here’s to King Bibi!

Trump On NATO

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BREAKING: President Trump says he’ll consider pulling U.S. troops out of Italy and Spain after hinting he may do so with Germany.

“Why shouldn’t I? Italy has not been of any help to us and Spain has been horrible.”

“When we needed them, they were not there.”

“We didn’t need any help with Iran… I didn’t need their help, but I said, yeah, we’d love to have your help because I wanted to see if they’d do it. And in all cases, they said we don’t want to get involved.”

(Fox News)

IMO: Let the European Union fend for themselves. They have never paid their fair share. And if they’re not there when you need some help, they certainly won’t be there if we were in a desperate situation losing a war. There Muslim population will soon rule Europe, if they aren’t already. Rh

Jews Returning Home

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The scene at Ben Gurion Airport on April 23 carried a significance that stretched far beyond a routine arrival. As 240 members of the Bnei Menashe community stepped onto Israeli soil, many wept, embraced relatives, and lifted prayers of thanksgiving. Their journey–from remote regions of northeastern India to the modern state of Israel–was not merely geographic. For many, it marked the culmination of generations of longing tied to identity, history, and faith.

This latest arrival, part of “Operation Wings of Dawn,” represents the beginning of a broader effort to bring thousands more from this community home. The Bnei Menashe trace their lineage to the biblical tribe of Manasseh, one of the “lost tribes” of ancient Israel. While scholars debate aspects of that claim, what is beyond dispute is their persistent preservation of Jewish customs across centuries and continents. Their Aliyah–the Hebrew term for immigration to Israel–reflects a powerful combination of cultural continuity and spiritual conviction.

Yet this story is not unfolding in isolation. It is part of a much larger and ongoing movement. Even amid the conflicts with Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran, Jewish immigration to Israel has not slowed–it has, in some respects, intensified. Full article on Prophecynewswatch.com

 “For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land.”

‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭36‬:‭24‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

As one noted Messianic Jew said, “in today’s world amid anti-Semitism, the safest place for a Jew is in the land of Israel”.  I second that statement.  Even during war and terror attacks being home for the people of Jewish faith is still something they long for.  The government of Israel has been planning for months to handle the influx of Jews returning to Israel.  The draw home is two fold in those desiring “Aliyah,” which is the Hebrew term for immigration to Israel.  Most importantly it is the Almighty who is drawing them, second Israel is a safe place.  Even amid chaos it’s always good to be home!. Rh

Effective Fervent Prayer Avails Much: James 5:16 

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From William Bradford and the Pilgrims to the Founding Fathers, greatness was understood in the context of the blessing of God; our founding documents reflect this.

Can America recover? If our only hope is in cultural reclamation through the political process, our chances are nil. Our national sickness goes much deeper than politics; our problem is spiritual and the only true solution is also spiritual. The People of God must see through our enemy’s curtain and recognize Satan’s ability to work through mortals to achieve his sinister goals. After all, he is the Father of Lies and the Great Deceiver and can distract people with decoys, and counterfeits as a wolf in sheep’s clothing. We must grasp the nature of our enemy and pray accordingly, not being distracted by illusions and paper tigers. Now is not the time to self-censor and cower to the cultural elites, hoping for better days ahead. We are in a spiritual battle and must see ourselves as the Resistance of our day. We adopt no exit plan. We recognize our enemy’s tactics, expose his lies, and proclaim truth. Although Satan masquerades as an angel of light, once exposed, he runs for cover. Truth sets us free so we run toward the battle and not away from it.

Like the Founding Fathers, the People of God must care enough about their homeland to take action. Prayer is our greatest weapon but only effective when it’s utilized. America will outlast all the great civilizations of the past when she falls to her knees in humility and prayer. These are the tactics that will restore our greatness and bring revival.    Author Unknown

Many times I get deep into the weeds (obsessed) with the state of the world and culture. I am a current events guy, but always with a Biblical context. Today is a most important post. James 5:16-17 gives us a prescription for the chaos and unbelief and outright demonic hatred of the world of today. Sincere fervent prayer! God is still in charge, we do not understand, but He is. We though do have a part to play. WE pray, We intercede and declare the Word of God. That is our job. I cannot change any dirty politician’s vote, but God can. I cannot change our culture. But God can. But what I can do is pray. “The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man or woman avails much.

The world is ripe for destruction, but also for revival. People are fearful. Many have no clue what will happen next, but Jesus Christ give me peace regardless. We can make a difference. God has moved on me to pray more this year, and I am. We have access into the very throne room of Almighty God, let’s use that privilege. Hebrew 4:16.

Pray, Engage, and Impact

Dictators and Despots – Feckless, anti-Semitic and demonic United Nations

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The U.N. Is the biggest impediment to peace in the world.  Filled with dictators and despot from non-democratic nations and sects they foster hate toward the western democracies, especially the US. They are anti-Semitic and anti democracy.  They have been on the wrong side of history and policy for as long as I can remember.

No only have they sided with every anti democratic nation out there, they have been caught giving aid to Hamas in their attempt to destroy Israel.  Some of their so-called (humanitarian efforts) include financing some teaching programs that instill hate against Israel.

Now they have turned their focus on parents right to home school and educate their children as parents see fit.  The U.N.’s demands include “education standards” for homeschooling, as well as “accountability” to government. The outfit is also demanding mandatory registration, forced “evaluations” of homeschoolers by authorities, compulsory “home visits,” and much more. In fact, the agency is even calling for U.N.-approved values and attitudes to be imposed on children across a wide array of issues, with U.N. control of “education content.”

The new U.N. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report on home education, titled “Homeschooling through a human rights lens,” lays out the most draconian global assault on home education in history. The powerful global agency, long dominated by card-carrying communists, claims governments must bring homeschooling under their thumb–for the benefit of the children, of course.

Unsurprisingly, the top U.N. official involved in the push comes from the “Democratic People’s Republic” of Korea (DPRK), better known as North Korea. According to the report’s acknowledgements, it was prepared under the “supervision” of Gwang-Chol Chang, chief of the UNESCO Section of Education Policy.

Before joining the U.N. to help transform education globally, Chang worked for the mass-murdering North Korean Communist regime’s “Education Ministry.” The agency operates among the most comprehensive communist brainwashing systems in human history. And yet, with no sense of the irony, the government controls being demanded by Chang and his minions are said to be necessary to uphold what the global body describes as “international human rights.” Yes, seriously.

Any wonder that the UN officials declare that if Babylon is ever rebuilt, I think it will be, they will move their headquarters there.  Hmnm, makes you wonder doesn’t it.  They will definitely be a part of the anti-christ kingdom for sure.

The UN is where wanna be leaders of small impoverished countries go for validation.  they know their radical ideas and their failure on human rights will be accepted with open arms.  Not surprising the the great Rush Limbaugh once said, “the United Nations looks like the bar scene from a Star Wars movie.”  Man, I miss Rush.

It’s high time to kick the UN to the curb.  Why America allows such propaganda in our nation is a mystery to me.  Sent them packing with all their un paid parking tickets.  Please Trump do the world and the U.S  a favor and build them a home in Gaza.  That’s where they belong.  Or Babylon the seat of evil. 

Trump Blinked

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I am a supporter of Trump, however he just made the two biggest mistakes he will regret.  With all his talk and bluster and egomania he portrays, he blinked.  Israel was two weeks away from total victory in Gaza, ceasefire, Hamas is rebuilding as we speak,  Never did lay down their arms.  Still recruiting, the “Board of Peace” is a joke.  Typical diplomacy.

Here we are in Iran, two weeks away from total victory, another pause.  Iran now feels imbolden, they will hunker down and rebuild.  China and Russia are more than ready to send all the weaponry they need.  

Just minutes after the so-called halt to hostilities, Iran sent multiple missiles into Israel.  Attack also in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Kuwait.  

It has begun, the re-supply:

China and Russia at the UN announced their intention to provide extensive aid to Iran within the next 24 hours, claiming that it is assistance for the country’s reconstruction and not for the arms industry.

However, according to reports in the Russian media, China has already sent 3 cargo ships carrying weapons, while Russian military aid planes are currently on their way to Isfahan. And military aid planes from Belarus are on their way to Tehran!

Trump’s 15 demands to Iran:

 1. Dismantle all major nuclear facilities

 2. End all uranium enrichment on Iranian soil

 3. Transfer enriched uranium stockpiles out of Iran

 4. Accept intrusive international inspections everywhere

 5. Permanently renounce any nuclear weapons pathway

 6. Suspend ballistic missile development

 7. Stop production of long-range missiles

 8. End drone transfers and military exports to proxies

 9. Cut support to Hezbollah

 10. Cut support to Hamas

 11. Cut support to Iraqi Shiite militias and proxy groups

 12. End weapons transfers to the Houthis

 13. Fully reopen and secure the Strait of Hormuz

 14. Stop threatening regional shipping and Gulf states

 15. Accept a broader regional de-escalation framework, including limits on military escalation with Israel

Iran’s 10 demands to Trump:

 1. A binding guarantee that the U.S. and its allies will not strike Iran again

 2. A permanent end to hostilities, not just a temporary ceasefire

 3. An end to Israeli strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon

 4. Full lifting of U.S. sanctions

 5. Protection for Iran’s regional proxies and allied militias

 6. Reopening the Strait of Hormuz under Iranian conditions

 7. A transit fee reportedly around $2 million per ship, shared with Oman

 8. Compensation or reconstruction support for war damage inside Iran

 9. Recognition of Iran’s regional security interests

 10. A broader framework for long-term negotiations without immediate surrender of core strategic capabilities

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Insanity is expecting peace from radicals.  If this is signed it just made the US a laughingstock in the world community.  

This may be the last straw for me.  Please let a grownup talk some sense into the President.

America Is Divided By Sin Not Politics

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The devil saw my head down and he thought he won, until I said Amen!

There is division in America.  That is a fact, no one can doubt that premise.  However it is not by politics, but by sin. The division comes from two opposing world views.  One is a Biblical worldview and the other is a secular humanist worldview.  That is the  red line in the sand.  Neither side will give in.  I will never compromise my Biblical Moral Worldview.  

 America has a rich tradition of being a nation built on traditional family values, Judeo-Christian values.  God ordained us to spread the Gospel around the world and we did that by sending missionaries to far off distant counties.  Our mandate came through a prophecy by  Vicar Robert Hunt (1586-1608) the first Anglican chaplain of the Jamestown expedition and is renowned for a 1607 prayer and prophecy dedicating the new American land to God. Upon landing at Cape Henry, Hunt planted a seven-foot cross and “declared a covenant in the Gospel would go forth from that shore to the entire world”.  Furthermore he stated “we should focus on the mandate to raise up Godly generations after us”.

I will say,  we tried.  The United States experienced three or four Great Spiritual Awakenings:

First Great Awakening (1730s–1740s): Led by figures like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield, this period focused on personal conviction, redemption, and a shift away from traditional, formal religion.

Second Great Awakening (1790s–1840s): Characterized by camp meetings and the rise of itinerant preachers like Charles Finney, it resulted in significant church growth and reform movements.

Third Great Awakening (1857–1859): Often called the “Businessmen’s Revival,” this movement began with prayer meetings in New York City during a financial crisis and spread nationwide.

Fourth Great Awakening (Late 1960s–early 1970s): Debated by some, this wave is often linked to the “Jesus Movement” and rapid growth in conservative denominations

What America needs is not a new or reformed political party, but another great Spiritual awakening.  Our government as it is now is a corrupt “ruling class” entity that does whatever it desires.  Two passages in the Bible give us an insight into how the Almighty looks at us.  It’s not a pretty sight.  One thing I know is that God is not mocked, we will reap what we sow.

1 Timothy1:9-10

“knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,”

Take a look again at some phrases:

  • murders; abortion and rage of violence 
  • fornicators; our sex craved society
  • sodomites; the entire gender mafia
  • kidnappers; sex slaves
  • liars; our government hides and lies constantly
  • perjurers; truth has fallen in the street

Read Isaiah 59:1-10: hands defiled with blood, feet that run to evil, no justice, lack of truth, and our thoughts are continually on evil and iniquities. 

We need an awakening, repentance and a turning from the evil that permeates our society.  The division is caused not by political, but spiritual warfare that divides us more than even a civilian war based on political ideology.  We need intercessors more than candidates.  We need hungry hearts and souls that long after the Lord.  Humility filled with a desire for the things of God.  Turning from evil and pushing into the holy place where God resides.

Unfortunately the majority of the American church is living in a daze of the prosperity gospel, feeling they have need of nothing.  Bills are paid, money in the bank, but all the while Jesus is knocking on the door of our hearts desiring a deeper relationship with His church.

We need the Ekklesia to become the remnant that pursues the holiness of God more than the pleasures of the world.  Jesus is the only solution for a deprived world.  He is our only hope.  The world is on a downward path, the Bible tells us for a fact that a spirit of anti-christ will invade the last days.  We are there now.

Let me be clear, I am not saying we shouldn’t be involved with politics.  We most definitely should.  We as Christian Conservatives vote our Biblical values.  It is our duty and I believe a mandate from the Lord.  Look through the slick commercials and line up your candidate with the Word of God.  What I am saying is this…we need a “Great Awakening” to save this country.  

Spiritual warfare is real and we must win the spiritual war first and then the awakening will come.  Lord Jesus raise up holy intercessors in this time..  You were born for such a time as this.  

Pray * Engage * Impact Rh

Biden-Era CIA Analysis Linked ‘Motherhood And Homemaking’ To ‘Violent Extremism’ – Harbinger’s Daily

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After the American public witnessed the Department of Justice target school board parents during President Joe Biden’s term, the DOJ lawyers might have been outdone by secretive analysts at the CIA and their hated target: Stay-at-home moms and their organic gardens.
— Read on harbingersdaily.com/biden-era-cia-analysis-linked-motherhood-and-homemaking-to-violent-extremism/