CURRENT EVENTS UPDATE!

CURRENT EVENTS UPDATE!

by | Mar 6, 2023 | How to Live the Last Days

 

 

 

 

Current Events
Update!3/4/23  By Tim Buck
Fotet.org

6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Matthew 24:6-8

7,700 Earthquakes Have Shaken the Middle East Since February 7

Turkey and northern Syria continue to be ground zero for ground-shaking. Since the first two major quakes occurred on February 7, there have been more than 7,700 aftershocks. The largest, measuring 6.4, struck near the Turkish city of Antakya on Monday, killing six people. It took down dozens more buildings, many in Hatay province near the Syrian border, and was felt in Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Egypt. The death toll of the original quake has climbed to more than 45,000 people, with 122,000 more injured.

Israel Targets Iranian Drone Experts in Syria

Israeli fighter jets killed at least 5 and wounded 15 more in a strike on the Kafar Sousah neighborhood of Damascus. Targeted was a meeting of Iranian experts on the development of drones. Some reports indicate that it was actually eight high ranking officials of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who were killed, while others say that a Syrian engineer and an Iranian official were among the dead. The area hit serves as a security zone housing offices and branches of the IRGC’s Quds Force. Per policy, Israel declined to admit its role in the attack. Russia later condemned Israel’s actions, calling it a “flagrant violation” of international law.

Netanyahu’s Justice Reform Bill Clears First Hurdle

Early Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reform bill passed in its first reading. Heavily attacked by the Left, this bill will limit the expanding power of Israel’s judiciary by reducing the types of laws the High Court can review and taking the power to appoint judges away from other judges and putting it in the hands of the legislature. There are still a second and a third reading of the bill which must pass for the reform to go into effect.

UN Security Council Issues Statement Denying Jewish Right to Live in Historic Homeland

The United States joined other member nations of the UN Security Council in denouncing Israeli settlements in their historic homeland. The statement expressed “deep concern and dismay” over Israel’s decision to expand settlements, while ignoring the recent terrorist attacks against Israel by Palestinian groups and the fact that the Palestinian Authority subsidizes terrorism and pays the families of terrorists. Prime Minister Netanyahu criticized the denouncement, saying, “The statement should not have been made and the United States should not have joined it.”

IRGC Attacks Israeli-Owned Tanker Using Kamikaze Drones

The Campo Square, a Liberian-flagged oil tanker owned by an Israeli, was the victim of an attack by Shahed-136 suicide drones operated by the Iranian IRGC. These are the same drones being shipped by Iran to Russia for use in the conflict with Ukraine. There were no casualties or damages reported.

Sanction Battle Between the EU and Iran

The European Union on Monday expanded their sanctions related to Iran’s violent suppression of those protesting the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini. Asset freezes and visa bans were imposed on 32 more Iranian officials, bringing the total sanctioned to 196 individuals and 33 entities. In response the next day, Iran issued retaliatory sanctions against 23 people and 13 industries from the EU and the UK. Regarding the protests, after a temporary lull they have once again fired up in earnest.

IAEA Admits 84% Uranium Enrichment by Iran

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) admitted to detecting uranium enriched to 84% at an Iranian nuclear facility. This means that this atomic watchdog agency is one of the few organizations that hasn’t quite realized that Iran has had weapons-grade 90% enriched uranium for a while now.

Iran’s Assassination Plot Against Diaspora Jews

A plot which involved Iran mapping the location of high-target diaspora Jews for assassination has been uncovered. The plan, revealed at a high-level meeting in Tehran, was intended to be implemented should Israel attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is pressuring the UK to refrain from designating this same IRGC as a terrorist group, this despite the fact that the European Parliament has recently made that designation as did the US under the previous administration. Washington is choosing to ignore Tehran’s assassination plots against innocent civilians in the hopes that somehow they can resurrect a failed nuclear deal with Iran.

High-Ranking Israeli Politicians Recommend Military Aid to Ukraine Following Visit

Yuli Edelstein and Ze’ev Elkin, two high level Israeli lawmakers, met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Monday. Both men are originally from Ukraine and lead the Ukrainian parliamentary friendship group in the Knesset. Following the meeting, they issued a joint statement which read, in part, “Israel has provided and will continue to provide extensive humanitarian aid to Ukraine, but, in our opinion, it is not enough.” The statement went on to encourage the Israeli government to provide military technologies to Ukraine to help in the war effort, a sentiment that is sure to get Israel into even deeper water with Russia.

US President Joe Biden Makes Surprise Visit to Ukraine

The day before the one year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Kyiv. In a meeting with Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy, Biden reaffirmed America’s support for the nation and pledged another half-billion dollars in military assistance. Moscow was informed of the visit ahead of time and they extended the courtesy of taking a brief break from their recent favorite pastime of raining down cruise missiles on the capital city.

US Warns China Against Supplying Arms to Russia

After US intelligence indicated that China is considering aiding Russia militarily in their effort against Ukraine, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken made a statement Sunday saying that such an action would not be good. Blinken said, “It was very important for me to share very clearly with [senior Chinese foreign policy official] Wang Yi that this would be a serious problem.” Not surprisingly, Wang Yi didn’t take kindly to Blinken’s statement, responding the next day, “We will not accept American finger-pushing in China-Russian relations.”

Vladimir Putin’s Moralistic Speech Marks Anniversary of Military Operation

Tuesday saw arch-villain Vladimir Putin making a speech to the federal assembly marking the one year anniversary of his “military operation” against Ukraine. In it, he emphasized the military power of Russia, saying that, since they cannot be defeated on the battlefield, the enemy is fighting a war of information. He then defended not only the righteousness of his actions, but the righteousness of the Russian nation.

Taking the moral high ground, he spoke of the decadence of the West, saying, “It is all about the destruction of the family, of cultural and national identity, perversion and abuse of children, including pedophilia, all of which are declared normal in their life. They are forcing the priests to bless same-sex marriages…. But here is what I would like to tell them: look at the holy scripture and the main books of other world religions. They say it all, including that family is the union of a man and a woman, but these sacred texts are now being questioned. Reportedly, the Anglican Church is planning, just planning, to explore the idea of a gender-neutral god. What is there to say? Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”

What we see in his words is an attempt to create common ground with Christians, Jews, and Muslims in order to garner their support. But we must not be fooled by holy-sounding rhetoric. Putin is a man who truly believes in his own righteousness. However, it is through his bloody actions that we see him for who he truly is.

Please Pray Against WW3!

DOES YOUR CHURCH TEACH THE RAPTURE?

DOES YOUR CHURCH TEACH THE RAPTURE?

by | Mar 2, 2023 | Church, Rapture

Does Your Church
Teach The Rapture?3/2/23  By Tim Buck
Fotet.org

Somewhere in the past, a tragic divorce occurred; theologians and pastors decided we must separate the return of Jesus for His church from the proclamation of the gospel. The results of this untimely divorce have led to a dearth of understanding among believers regarding Jesus’ appearing and the joyful anticipation that comes with such awareness.

Confused believers in most churches hear that they will surely die rather than meet Jesus in the air, which directly contradicts the New Testament in passages such as 1 Corinthians 15:51 and 1 Thessalonians 4:17. The Apostle Paul believed there would be many saints alive at the time of the Rapture, including himself, but preachers today are hesitant to even mention the imminent return of the Lord.

The divorce of the Rapture from the gospel has resulted in a near blackout of teaching about our “blessed hope” in churches today. This negatively impacts new believers as well as seasoned saints as it leaves them ill-prepared to live in a fear-ridden society because such teaching provides no prophetic context into which they can place the violence, lawlessness and deterioration of the culture.

The new converts in Thessalonica were so fixated on their soon departure from the earth that when some in their midst died, they grieved unnecessarily thinking they would miss out on the Rapture (1 Thess. 4:13-19). In response, Paul emphasized the primary place of the “dead in Christ” during the rapture telling his converts that Jesus would resurrect them first at His appearing (4:16).

Another sorrowful result of this divorce is that it takes the eyes of believers away from their ultimate hope at a time when they need such a focus. Instead, their eyes remain focused on earthly aspirations.

Few pastors talk about what happens at the moment Jesus returns for His church (1 Cor. 15:51-55; Phil. 3:20-21; 1 Thess. 4:16-17). Even those that believe these things rarely discuss the wealth of biblical content on the Rapture, or on the believers’ instant transformation to receive our glorified body, for fear that talking about the Rapture might hurt attendance.

When discussion on the Rapture ended some thirty years ago in the church and elsewhere, so did the whole body of the doctrine of eschatology. Roughly thirty percent of the Bible is predictive prophecy when written and you can’t become all that God wants you to be by cutting out thirty percent.

When Rapture teaching stopped so did any discussion of the Millennium, Israel’s key end-time role, the world trending toward the Tribulation, the building of the third temple in Jerusalem, the prominence of end-time deception, the push for peace by dividing Israel and so much more!

The sad result of decades of shelving the Rapture is that it’s become almost impossible for the average believer to understand the doctrinal reasons for the times we live in from a biblical and prophetic perspective! And right at a time when people need answers more than ever because they have questions as they observe the turmoil of our times.

So, does YOUR church teach the Rapture from the pulpit? If not, my suggestion is to find one that does! You’ll be glad you did!

GABRIEL FLEW IN WITH AN ANSWER, SWIFTLY!!!

GABRIEL FLEW IN WITH AN ANSWER, SWIFTLY!!!

by | Feb 28, 2023 | Daniel's Prophecies, Tim's Articles

 

 

 

 

 

Gabriel Flew In With An Answer… Swiftly!!!

2/28/23  By Tim Buck
Fotet.org

“Then Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, reached me at the time of the evening offering saying, ‘O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand.”
Daniel 9:20-23

Now A Word From An Angel

Daniel was praying for answers while interceding on behalf of his people, pleading with the Lord to restore His Temple and restore the children of God.

Daniel’s prayers were passionate. He was standing in the gap between judgment and restoration and baring his soul before the Lord. And then it happened without warning… Gabriel appeared.

I love Daniel’s response: Daniel said, “While I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel…BEING CAUSED TO FLY SWIFTLY, reached me about the time of the evening offering.” In today’s world, this experience would be so thrilling, I can see someone telling it on every Christian TV show worldwide! But not Daniel. Daniel spoke of this so nonchalantly…”Oh, by the way, while I was in prayer, Gabriel flew in with an answer!”

But, my goodness…Gabriel DID fly in with an answer! SWIFTLY!!

Gabriel’s message was profound. He said, “When you began to plead with God, the Lord answered you and now I have come to give you an answer.” The Message translation reads like this, “You had no sooner started your prayer when the answer was given. And now I’m here to deliver the answer to you. You are much loved!”

A Word About Gabriel

As you study the book of Daniel, please recognize one incredible fact. For six chapters (Chs. 7-12) the text is mostly a direct quote from the angel Gabriel!!! Gabriel is either directly telling Daniel about the latter days or he is appearing to him in a vision.

In all of Scripture Gabriel spoke to only two other human beings: Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and both of those were short conversations by comparison!

Let’s review this point. Gabriel only ever spoke to John the Baptist’s father, the father of the one whom Jesus declared was the greatest human ever born (Mt. 11:11). And the only other person he spoke to was the mother of Jesus, the woman who gave birth to the great I AM! Would you agree that’s a pretty exclusive club? The mighty angel Gabriel was sent to no one else… except Daniel… multiple times. Gabriel could have used an apartment in Daniel’s house because of how much personal time he spent with Daniel!

Gabriel repeatably visited and spoke to Daniel time and again addressing him with deep respect and even pointing out how much the Lord loved him (“greatly loved”) and how much the Lord appreciated Daniel’s testimony and prayer life!

Since this has happened to no one else in the Bible, it elevates the priority God placed on the uniqueness and importance of Daniel’s prophecy. The list of exclusive end-time topics and insights covered in the last six chapters of Daniel is a gold mine and God took great care in dispatching His mighty angel so we could get this right.

In Daniel 10:21, Gabriel tells Daniel that he’s going to explain the events of the last days to him by reading out of God’s “Book of Truth.” This remarkable encounter reveals that in heaven there is an additional “writing of truth” from the Bible. The book or library of books contains details of the last days not included in Scripture and is apparently written for the Lord’s spirit servants to effectively help the Lord carry out His end time plans. It’s unavailable and unrevealed to us except for the few verses Gabriel shares with Daniel in chapter 10.

Gabriel knows all about God’s unrevealed future plans because he “stands in the presence of God” (Luke 1:19), a unique position not said of any other being. That place of privilege gives him direct access to the Lord and access to read the “Book of Truth” so that when Gabriel flies in, he comes in loaded with answers… six chapters of answers!

Chapter 11 alone is the single longest prophecy in Scripture containing some 150 prophecies including the longest running passage in the Bible outlining the exploits of Antichrist.

Gabriel proceeds to give Daniel details about Israel’s Calendar with the date of Messiah’s first coming, future kingdoms and world rulers that will arise that we should be watching for and so on, 100’s, even 1000’s of years before it will ever happen.

But here’s the thing, Gabriel flies in, not just to give Daniel answers but to give us answers to understand what’s going on in our day from God’s perspective.

Like Daniel, Jesus challenged the people of His day to, “SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES” (John 5:39). This is so needed. Are you a scripture searcher like Daniel… studying God’s Word and meditating and praying for wisdom and answers?

It’s encouraging to remember that Gabriel showed up because Daniel had read Jeremiah and was searching for answers about the length of Israel’s exile in Babylon (Daniel 9:2). While searching he was crying out to the Lord in prayer, reading the Word and seeking real answers. If you want answers… pray!

I don’t think you should anticipate Gabriel flying in with answers to your prayers while having morning devotions. Instead, God’s Spirit is already in us and can speak to our hearts and gives us answers through His Word.

Friend, God hears us when we call out to Him.

Isaiah 65:24 says, “It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer; And while they are still speaking I will hear.”

Jeremiah 33:3 reads, “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.”

The Father delights in responding to earnest, urgent prayers (James 5:16), those filled with humility and honesty. He is drawn to the brokenness of His people.

God loved Daniel a great deal.

His love for YOU is immeasurable.

Know that when you bow before the throne of grace, baring your soul before your Lord, KNOW that He hears you and will respond… with answers!

But just in case… if Gabriel does come flying in swiftly into your prayer closet, I’d like to be the first to know!

UFOs, Satan’s Prepping For Rapture Deception!

UFOs, Satan’s Prepping For Rapture Deception!

by | Feb 24, 2023 | Rapture, Satan, Tim's Articles

UFO’s:
Satan’s Prepping
For Rapture Deception2/24/23  By Tim Buck
Fotet.org

Like in the days of Noah before the flood, we are living in days of great deception. The pre-flood world experienced an invasion of demonic visitors to earth who were literally hell-bent on diluting the messianic bloodline.

Jude 6 tells us, “the angels did not keep their proper domain, but left their abode.”  The fallen angels were able to indwell men who promiscuously cohabited with women and the devastating result was the permanent corruption of mankind’s DNA. Only Noah and his family came through unscathed.

Jesus warned, “as in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the coming of the Son of Man” (Math. 24:37). As we draw closer to the return of the Lord, the world is experiencing an uptick in demonic activity on all levels. Including UFO sightings.

It’s my belief that demons can manifest themselves as aliens and spacecraft with ease and that is what we’re seeing today. Demonic appearances disguised as UFOs is Satan’s tactic to deceive, frighten and mislead people.

In the last-day battle between good and evil it seems the devil is using extraordinary phenomena to prepare the world to react after the rapture. If I’m right about this assessment than we must also conclude that the spirit world knows the rapture is getting close and the enemy is busy laying the groundwork to deceive those who will remain so that they won’t be open to receive Jesus and be saved.

This also means that the forces of “spiritual wickedness in high places”(Eph. 6:12)  have already set us apart to be ridiculed after we go up. Paul is referring to believers taken up in the rapture when he warned of the coming “strong delusion” after the rapture (2 Thess. 2:9-12).

‘Sightings all over the world’: Another former federal official discusses UFOs, upcoming congressional report.

What a great deception to explain away the Rapture… by alien abduction! Have you noticed how the number of sightings are increasing and being publicized?

The enemy is gradually adding in lie upon lie so the world numbs enough to swallow whatever the narrative is on the nightly news!

It’s all lining up. The government is set to reveal documents in June. We could be “outta here” soon so the public will be primed for accepting aliens took us. I hope so!

I’m ready to be ‘snatched away’ in the rapture to see my Lord Jesus. Praying that others will repent and believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior so they can be raptured away from planet earth as well.

Pray for eyes to be opened and for us to speak His truth.

 

 

 

 

Pray For America!!!
As America Ramps Up Its Proxy War With Russia Through Ukraine, Vladimir Putin Suspends Nuclear Treaty And Threatens Start of World War 3.
The United States And Russia Are Now At War. Unless The Lord Intervenes, This Has The Potential To End Very Badly!

Netanyahu Blasts One-Sided, U.S. Anti-Israel Statement At The U.N.

Netanyahu Blasts One-Sided, U.S. Anti-Israel Statement At The U.N.

by | Feb 23, 2023 | America, Isreal, Tim's Articles

 

 

 

 

Israel’s Ambassador Gilad Erdan, holds picture of Israeli children murdered in a recent terror attack, during a speech at UN Security Council, Feb. 20, 2023. (Photo: Israel’s Mission to the UN)
Netanyahu:
The US should never have supported a one-sided, anti-Israel statement at the UN
2/21/23 By Tim Buck
Fotet.org

Events continue to heat up in Israel over the new government’s policy to reclaim the West Bank as a permanent part of the Jewish homeland. It seems the enemy is not too pleased with the newly elected Netanyahu team since he came back into power with a religious-right coalition.

Interestingly, the buttons he’s pushing relate to crucial end-time topics like Israel taking back more control of the Temple Mount and the West Bank.

As God continues to call the Jewish people back to Israel, the growing country needs room to build new homes. Quite a prophetic conundrum.

The wobbly Biden administration is supporting the UN’s opposition to the Jewish State’s home building policy.The United Nations Security Council on Monday expressed “deep concern and dismay” over Israel’s settlement policy in the West Bank in a statement approved by all 15 members of the council, including the United States.

“The Security Council reiterates that continuing Israeli settlement activities are dangerously imperiling the viability of the two-state solution based on the 1967 lines,” read the statement.

The statement referred to a plan by the Israeli government to authorize the construction of 10,000 housing units in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, known as the West Bank, and to retroactively legalize nine Israeli outposts in response to a recent wave of deadly Palestinian terror attacks against Israeli civilians.

The government plan was later scrapped under pressure from the Biden administration, in exchange for the U.S canceling a vote on an anti-Israel resolution.

In response, Washington initiated talks between Israel, the Palestinian Authority and the United Arab Emirates, which sponsored the resolution.

“Given the positive talks between the parties, we are now working on a draft PRST (presidential statement) which would garner consensus,” the UAE wrote on Sunday, in an official note to the Security Council ahead of the discussion.

Nevertheless, the watered-down presidential statement adopted by the council, was rebuked by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

His office issued a statement on Monday following the discussion: “The UN Security Council has issued a one-sided statement which denies the rights of Jews to live in our historic homeland, fails to mention the Palestinian terror attacks in Jerusalem in which 10 Israeli civilians were murdered, ignores the Palestinian Authority’s grotesque pay-for-slay policy – which subsidizes the murder of Jews – and belittles the evil of antisemitism, which has resulted in the slaughter of millions.”

“The statement should never have been made and the United States should never have joined it,” the prime minister wrote.

According to Reuters, the statement marks the first time in six years that the U.S. has allowed an anti-Israel action at the UN Security Council.

In 2016, the United States surprised Israel when it chose not to use its veto power on UNSC Resolution 2334 a short time before then-U.S. President Barack Obama left office. The resolution stated that Israel’s “settlement activity” constitutes a “flagrant violation” of international law and has “no legal validity.”

Israeli officials later alleged that the Obama administration worked behind the scenes to pass the 2016 resolution.

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan delivered a speech at the council in which he held a minute of silence in honor of 11 Israeli victims of terror from recent weeks.

“Today’s meeting should have been wholly dedicated to the innocent Israelis recently murdered, but seeing as this council preferred to focus elsewhere, I ask that the minimum respect be paid to the victims and their memory,” Erdan said, holding a picture of two slain young brothers, who were killed in a car ramming attack in Jerusalem.

“The Palestinian Authority runs a monstrous propaganda campaign that would make Goebbels and Hitler very proud. They poison the minds of generations, teaching them that violently murdering Jews means infinite glory. They are taught from a young age that the Jewish state has no right to exist,” the ambassador stressed.

“Their evil seeps into kindergartens, educating that martyrdom is the only way. You can see this with your own eyes, yet none of the ‘dismay’ and ‘concern’ expressed in your joint statement is directed towards this Palestinian incitement,” Erdan told the council.

“Where is your concern and dismay for these celebrations of murder? Where are they?” he asked. “It is difficult to understand what this council truly expects Israel to do while faced with a terror authority that constantly strives for our delegitimization and that has lost control, in much of its areas, of course including Gaza, to Hamas, a designated terror organization.”