by Tim Buck | Nov 8, 2024 | America, Israel, President Trump
President Trump and GOP Spokesperson Elizabeth Pipko
Trump About Israel’s Wars
11/8/24 By Tim Buck
Fotet.org
President Trump’s pledge to “stop wars” was not an ultimatum to Israel to halt the fighting against terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, a spokeswoman for the Republican party said, rather it was a promise to ensure Israel achieves decisive victories in both arenas.
Elizabeth Pipko, a 29-year-old former model turned Republican National Committee spokeswoman, who first rose to prominence with the Exodus Movement encouraging American Jews to join the Republican party, spoke with Israel’s Channel 12 on Wednesday, following Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.
During the interview, Pipko responded to reports that Trump has given Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a deadline for ending Israel’s wars against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Early Wednesday morning, Trump made a victory speech in which he vowed to “stop wars” rather than start them during his next four years in the White House.
Pipko said that the president-elect is looking to end both wars and minimize further casualties, but emphasized that he supports an end to the fighting through “decisive” Israeli victories.
“I would say he expects them to end it by winning it, one hundred percent, that’s how he always talks about ending wars,” Pipko said.
“Donald Trump always says he wants less innocent people to die — that is his stance whether we’re talking about the war in Gaza, whether we’re talking about Russia in Ukraine or anywhere else.”
“So I do believe he wants the war to end as soon as possible, like all rational people do, but he wants it to end with a decisive victory.”
When asked whether Trump would be willing to wait should it take time for Israel to achieve a “decisive victory,” Pipko pivoted, saying that the Biden administration had not acted in a “decisive” manner.
“When it comes to ending a war in the Middle East and dealing with enemies like Iran or Hamas you have to be decisive, and I have not seen that from our current leadership.”
“I think when you have American hostages — people forget to say that, American hostages — held for nearly a year, and you see your leaders deciding on their moves for foreign policy based on what would help them win an election, you end up with a lot of unnecessary bloodshed on your hands, and that’s what we’ve seen this last year.”
by Tim Buck | Nov 6, 2024 | America, President Trump
Trump Wins!
11/6/24 By Tim Buck
Fotet.org
God’s mercy prevailed in this election for America!
Now it’s up to us to stay vigilant to pray for our newly elected leaders so that righteousness is again practiced in this nation.
I am reminded from God’s Tabernacle in the book of Exodus how God desires to be present with us, His people. So He “filled them with the Spirit of God, with the ability and intelligence and knowledge and all craftsmanship…given to all able men” to do what He wants them to do. Exodus 31:3, 6
Israel had God’s presence throughout their exit out of slavery in Egypt, yet they still gave credit to a golden calf for their freedom.
Unbelievable!
So be careful and let’s give credit where credit is due.. no matter how the Deep State tried to rig this election, God prevailed!
He did it for you and me, and for His remnant Israel! Stay faithful to Him and let’s continue to destroy the works of the enemy through a right relationship with God, worshipping Him, obedience to His laws, and PRAYER. Let’s love others like Jesus did, even those who voted for Harris. Keep shining saints!
Thus far, the GOP won the Senate, the White House and the popular vote. Almost a complete sweep with the House still counting but at this point, ahead.
Donald Trump is a man whom the deep state has hounded relentlessly for the past 8 years, first trying to discredit him with the Russian Collusion Hoax, then trying to bankrupt him with lawfare judgments, and then the enemy tried to assassinate him with a shot to the side of his head.
There is no reason to believe the attacks on him will stop now that he has just won this election. It’s a long way from November 5th 2024 to January 20th 2025, and absolutely anything could happen.
It would be ignorance to say that, while Donald Trump has secured the victory, that his many enemies are simply going to go away quietly. They’re not. In fact, I think the attacks, plans and schemes launched against him could even increase. Because why wouldn’t they? The root of the hatred for Trump is spiritual not just political and comes from the unseen enemy, Satan himself, who sees Trump as a giant roadblock in his plans to exterminate Israel before Christ returns.
President Trump believes that God spared his life for a reason, in order to save the country and restore America.
America needs restoration!
President Trump could have died so easily in the assassination attempts on his life, but God spared him.
When President Ronald Reagan was shot early in his presidency, he too felt God spared his life. The night Reagan returned to the White House he wrote in his diary, “Whatever happens now I owe my life to God and will serve him every way I can.” Ronald Reagan went on to have one of the greatest presidencies in American history.
Let’s pray now for President Trump that the Lord will keep him safe and that he will be surrounded by godly and competent people who will give him wise counsel in the days ahead.
Pray for President-elect Donald Trump’s safety, he’s going to need it.
God bless President Trump and God bless the United States of America!
by Tim Buck | Nov 5, 2024 | Rapture
Twinkling Of An Eye
11/5/24 By Tim Buck
Fotet.org
Don’t put off surrendering your life to Jesus! Today is the day to be sold out to Him… not tomorrow!
Because of the promise of the Rapture, tomorrow may never come!
When the trumpet sounds, and the ‘shout of the archangel‘ is heard, it will be too late to surrender your life to the Lord.
When Jesus comes, it’s over… in an instant!
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1 Cor. 15:51-52
Twinkling, Blinking
There are numerous definitions for the twinkling or blinking of an eye. If the Apostle Paul is describing the speed of the rapture as a “twinkle,” then he’s describing something so fast, it’s difficult to comprehend.
The “twinkling of the eye” is the time it takes for light to enter the eye, reach the back of the eye, and be reflected back out. Light travels at 186,000 miles per second, so a twinkle amounts to about one billionth of a second.
The blinking is a bit slower. But still too fast to recognize. A blink lasts somewhere between 300 and 400 milliseconds, or considerably less than half a second.
Taking both of these into consideration, the reason why the Apostle Paul used this term was to assure us of the supernatural nature of the Rapture. He wanted to emphasis there is no human effort that can impede it, slow it down, or hold it back.
When it’s on, it’s on, and up we go defying gravity like superman! In the millisecond it takes to be raptured, we will find ourselves above earth’s atmosphere in our glorified bodies filled with joy and standing in the presence of the Lord as we “meet the Lord in the air.”
Let’s just say it’s a supernatural event that takes place super-fast!
A Tour You’ll Never Forget
Living believers on earth, from every continent, will hear the upward call of the last trumpet and be instantly transformed into their glorified bodies, and at the same time be launched into the air to be with Jesus.
Our instantaneous disappearance of being here one second and there the next has already been experienced by Enoch, Elijah, Jesus and even the disciples while still in their boat! (John 6:21)
At the Rapture we will be escorted by Jesus to heaven who will usher us in to the Father’s House with exceeding joy! (Jude 24)
The church will spend seven years in heaven highlighted by the marriage of the Lamb just prior to descending back to earth with Jesus at His Second Coming! Revelation 19:14 depicts the church as the Lord’s army descending with Jesus to the Battle of Armageddon!
Every believer will make this roundtrip from earth to heaven and back. Oh what a bright future is in store for God’s children as we round-trip the universe with the omnipotent creator as our guide!
We’ve had some wonderful tour guides on our FOTET Tours, over the years in Israel, but nothing can compare to travelling through the universe with our creator and hearing Him calling the stars by name as we pass by! (Ps. 147:4)
The Prize of the Upward Call
After talking about his testimony and how he is still striving for “Christlikeness” in his life, the Apostle Paul admits he hasn’t quite reached it yet (Phil. 3:12-13). But he says this is why he is all-the-more eagerly looking for the Rapture.
“I press toward the goal for the prize of the UPWARD CALL of God in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 3:14
The prize of the upward call we should be looking for is when we finally put on permanent Christlikeness which happens at the rapture. The call is described in Revelation 4:1 as a voice yelling, “COME UP.” In a millisecond, our bodies will be transformed to be “like Him for we shall see Him as He is” (1 John 3:2).
This twinkling moment of our ‘upward call’ could happen at any second. Just looking at world conditions should be enough incentive for every believer to be ready to meet the Lord.
Don’t make the mistake of believing in can’t happen today! Because when it happens, it will be over before you realize it took place. Hallelujah!
Today, right now, would be a good time to call on Him.
by Tim Buck | Nov 4, 2024 | America, President Trump
Cast Your Die!
11/4/24 By Tim Buck
Fotet.org
America is about to make a decision filled to the brim with critical issues and that could potentially lead this country into dire consequences. In the final analysis this election comes down to a choice between a candidate who seeks to promote democracy and freedom and a candidate who seeks to promote dictatorship and slavery.
And if you think that’s a bit overstated, go back and look at what Trump did and supported during his term as president, and what Kamala Harris did (or didn’t do) and supported (or didn’t support) during her term as vice president.
That should give any clear-thinking individual all the convincing they need.
I certainly do not worship Donald Trump, nor am I trying to encourage anyone else to do so. I am not even one who is looking to Donald Trump to Make America Great Again. I am not anticipating that Donald Trump is going to undo all the demonic damage that has been done to our country in the last four disastrous years.
The reason I say that is because I believe America is coming under God’s judgment, and no one is going to change that: not Donald Trump, and certainly not Kamala Harris. No one. The United States performed its 70 millionth legal abortion this year, our support for Israel has been reduced to arm-twisting that is contrary to Israel’s best interests, and our nation continues its slide into a cesspool that includes the glorification of sexual perversion including the perversion of innocent children. As I have discussed in the past, these are things God judges nations for. And that hasn’t changed.
So, one might wonder, why am I urging readers to vote for Trump? What difference does it make? What does it matter? If Christ is going to return soon to make the world great again, then why vote for Trump?
Some think Trump can turn things around…but is that what I think? Not exactly. I believe America’s fall is inevitable, and that no one—including Trump—is going to be able to turn things around to the degree that many Trump supporters are envisioning.
So…why in the world am I bothering to write this?
Why? Because even though I am convinced of the truth of what I just said, I also believe that if Trump were to actually win this election and get back in the White House, it may very well be God’s way of giving our nation one brief, final respite before He unleashes His judgment in fuller, more devastating forms.
I believe that if Trump wins this election, it just might give our country one last gasp of fresh air during which the satanic forces who are busy leading the Democrats and the deep state and our country to ruin could be held at bay long enough to give a number of people who are on the fence a chance to be brought into the kingdom before the bottom falls out in the wake of the Rapture. It would give members of the body of Christ one last, brief chance to raise their collective voices to point the world to the Savior without having their words shoved back down their throats by government leaders who consider it hate speech and are demonically driven to do so.
On the other hand, if it turns out that Kamala Harris wins this election, I see no such respite. This country’s downhill slide toward God’s judgment will continue unabated, and if anything will be accelerated. Either way, after the Rapture it will go into free fall.
One thing to remember is that if you don’t vote at all, you are effectively voting for Kamala Harris. That’s because this is so much more than a choice between…
“…two candidates who happen to be on different political sides but who both nevertheless have the common good at heart in compliance with the Constitution and the Law.”
If only it were so.
I don’t want to oversimplifying things, but the closer you look at Kamala Harris, the Biden administration, and the deep state that controls both, the more you realize that this election is a clear choice between good and evil. That’s just about what it comes down to. And when you are faced with a choice between good and evil and you decline to choose good for whatever reason, you are effectively choosing evil. It’s pretty much that simple—and it’s shocking and tragic that it has reached that point in this country.
So help me: If you were thinking about not voting because there’s just something about Trump that ruffles your feathers, let me put it to you this way:
If you think he stinks…
• Hold your nose and vote for Trump anyway.
If you think he’s got ugly hair…
• Close your eyes and vote for Trump anyway.
If some of the things he says offend your sensitivities…
• Close your ears and vote for Trump anyway.
The Bible calls us to be good citizens, and voting for the presidential candidate whom you think will best support and promote biblical principles for the good of the nation and its people is part of being a good citizen. So, just as the nation’s die is about to be cast, get out there and cast your die Tuesday.
And I feel compelled to say this to a few folks out there:
It’s not about voting for the candidate whom you think exemplifies sterling Christian behavior! Good grief…I hope you’re not that naive, because in that case you’d never vote at all! That’s politics.
Finally, if you truly believe in your heart that Kamala Harris is the best choice for America and will do more to make this country a better place than Trump will, then by all means get out there and cast your vote for her with pride, and may God’s blessings and protection dwell richly upon you.
Because if she wins, you’re gonna need ’em.
by Tim Buck | Nov 1, 2024 | America, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, UNRWA, West Bank
Middle East News!
11/1//24 By Tim Buck
Fotet.org
The Battle in Lebanon
Thankfully, between the IDF’s constant airstrikes and Hezbollah’s difficulty in rearming, the terrorist group is finding it more and more difficult to strike at Israel.
Yoav Gallant, Israeli Defense Minister, said on Tuesday that Hezbollah only has 20% of its rockets and missiles left, and those batteries are not organized. Every day, that number decreases even more as the IDF carries out its sorties.
This past week in Lebanon, the key cities of Beirut, Baalbek, and Tyre were all hit particularly hard. Iran is watching this and realizing that Hezbollah cannot effectively respond to Israel. At the same time, Hezbollah is watching Iran and learning that it can no longer rely on them.
In other news, Hezbollah has announced a new leader to take the place of Hassan Nasrallah who was permanently removed from office in a targeted killing by the IDF in Beirut. Naim Qassem, a former deputy of Nasrallah, is now the official secretary general of the terrorist group. Israel has already warned him that his days are numbered!
Gaza and UNRWA
On Tuesday, a unit of elite “ghost” IDF soldiers entered a building in Jabalia, northern Gaza. As they reached the upper floors, an explosive device was detonated killing four, aged 20-to-22, and wounding three others, one of them seriously. Once again, the nation mourned.
On Monday, the Israeli Knesset passed a law banning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) from operating within its borders. Not surprisingly, the UN is having kittens, as is most of the world’s media. But anyone who has been following the war, beginning with the October 7 attack, know that UNRWA has allowed itself to be used by, and at times actively participated with, the terrorists of Hamas. How could any nation be expected to allow a pseudo-humanitarian agency that is actively working toward the country’s demise to operate free-and-clear? Kudos to Israel’s government for shutting down these shills and charlatans.
West Bank Terrorism
Several dozen people were boarding a bus at a stop near Glilot base north of Tel Aviv on Sunday morning. Suddenly, a full trailer truck intentionally swerved off the road and plowed through the crowd and into the bus. At least 40 were injured, with one 72-year-old man succumbing to his wounds The driver of the truck, an Israel Arab from Kalansweh, an Arab city just outside the borders of the West Bank, was shot dead by civilians at the scene.
Later that same day, a terrorist accelerated his vehicle toward IDF soldiers who were carrying out counterterrorism work in Hizma, West Bank. When no one was struck, the driver leapt from his vehicle with a knife in his hand in an attempt to stab someone. He was shot and killed by soldiers. We cannot forget about the West Bank when we are praying for Israel. It is a growing breeding ground for radical terrorism and can be just as dangerous for IDF troops as Lebanon and Gaza.
Ceasefire Negotiations
Pay little attention to the different “Ceasefire Negotiations” floating through the various media outlets, and don’t set set your heart on them. Most of these are hollow efforts to gain public recognition before the coming election. Besides, we hope that most of those promoting and heralding these ceasefire deals will soon be fired. We should pray for peace, but not the false, temporary “quiet” that the politicians promote. It was that “quiet” which produced the massacre of October 7 in the south, and a near worse one on Israel’s border in the north.
The new Israel that is emerging from the abyss should not be interested in “QUIET” any longer, nor trust any word from their enemies in efforts to stop their military advances. This war will last as long as it needs to in order to rearrange the Middle East’s balance of power in favor of Israel and the nations that uphold them.
Israel Strikes Iran
Early Saturday morning, Israel executed its strike against Iran in retaliation for the Islamic regime’s Operation True Promise 2 – a failed operation which launched nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel. Not surprisingly, the IDF was much more successful than Iran’s IRGC. After hacking and freezing Iranian radar screens, the Israeli Air Force was able to send wave after wave of bomb-laden jets toward Tehran and other key strategic sites.
Here are some of the ramifications of this attack. First, the strike wiped out Iran’s air defense capabilities, including their three remaining Russian S-300 air defense systems. Second, Tehran was made especially vulnerable by this strategy, as was western Iran from which the long-range missiles had been fired toward Israel. Third, the IDF estimates that it will be two-to-three years before Iran can build back up their air defense capabilities. Fourth, although Iran still holds over 2,000 long-range ballistic missiles, it will have to ration them because their ability to build more was destroyed by the Israeli airstrike. Fifth, there was unfortunately no damage to Iran’s stockpile of UAVs. Sixth, Israel is preparing for a retaliatory strike by Iran. However, this time the Americans are expected to participate to a greater degree in the defense and interception of missiles.
In summary, Israel’s strike on Iran was very complex that took out numerous, high-value targets with every plane returning safely. Israel has now proven that it can strike Iran when and where it wants. Iran was left with a much-weakened air defense system, while Israel’s defense system has recently been bolstered by three additional U.S. THAAD air defense systems. Israel has grown stronger, while Iran has become much weaker. Now, Israel sits and waits alongside much of the world to see how the U.S. presidential election will play out November 5.
Will Iran Retaliate, Again?
CNN reported that Iran has likely made a decision to respond against Israel BEFORE the U.S. elections on this coming Tuesday. Wow! The probable reason for them making such an ill-advised move is because they think there’s a strong likelihood former President Trump will return to the White House which will make striking Israel back much more difficult. Thus, they let their demonic Islamic pride overcome their common sense. If the chance of this happening is shown to be high, then we just might see Israel preemptively strike Iran with a harder blow. This could be a very interesting weekend.
One last thing to remember: if Iran thinks that Israel has forgotten their attempt on the life of Prime Minister Netanyahu, they are sadly mistaken. Sleep on that, Mr. Supreme Leader.
A Contrast of American Women
Lisa Johnson, the U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, is actively advocating within the Lebanese political system for the government to begin preparing for a post-Hezbollah era. “The Lebanese people must demonstrate their determination to rise up and free themselves from Hezbollah,” the ambassador was reported as saying. Agreed, Ambassador Johnson, and well said. It is only when the citizens of Lebanon unite to oust Hezbollah that the people will finally be free.
In contrast, Ariana Tabatabai, the Pentagon official under suspicion for leaking highly classified material about Israel to Iran, has been transferred to a new role where she will oversee education and training within the Defense Secretary’s office. With this new position, she will have much less access to confidential material. But the obvious question is why does she have access to any material at all and why has she not yet been arrested? Biden and Harris continue to project weakness and foolishness.
A Contrast of UNIFIL Responses
Eight Austrian soldiers assigned to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were injured by a Hezbollah rocket on Tuesday that was fired into the middle of the international force’s Naqoura base in Lebanon. The world’s media responded with a stern whisper followed by silence. However, when Israel attacked terrorists near the same base back on October 10, the collective heads of the international community exploded. Hezbollah conducted a direct attack on UNIFIL; Israel conducted an adjacent attack that didn’t touch UNIFIL. But are we surprised at the responses? Absolutely not. As we all know – no Jews, no news.
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