Rumors of war here are once again being heard. The battles in Lebanon have been continuing despite “ceasefires”. The northern residents of Israel have been living nearly under siege since Hezbollah joined the war with Hamas on the day after Oct 7, 2023. Lebanon as a country is unwilling, maybe due to being unable, to bring the terrorist group to account for working with Iran to destroy what once was a peaceful nation with Israel, and with a future of glory when the Lord Yeshua returns and reigns from Jerusalem. Hiram helped King Solomon build the first and most spectacular Temple; Yeshua praised the poor woman from Zarephath for her humble but certain faith in obeying the prophet Elijah to give him her last meal.
The resumption of active military action by the US and Israel against Iran is openly touted in the news, with mixed reviews. As I first mentioned when this stage of the regional war began on Feb 28, the US may “win” the war, but the results may not be what they expected. And we are seeing that: Iran is still in the fight, even in ways that are not military. Economically, Iran is currently in the driver’s seat, and the whole world is beginning to feel the impact of this criminally reckless driver. Israel is “statistically” strong, but the values of a “good life” are being eroded, trying to compete with the “big boys”, rather than calling on the name of the LORD to help them and save them. Many Christians in the US, and in the rest of the West, are under spiritual siege, and giving up the ghost, as it were, to the forces and bad actors of wickedness; while the US is trying to rely on its former “glory days” (not so long ago, actually), to maintain its preeminence on the global stage and battle fields.
One lesson that this carnal and spiritual war with Iran, etc, that the US and others should be learning is how unrealistic they have been, even hypocritical, in expecting Israel to come to terms with Hamas when they themselves don’t and can’t defeat them or Iran, or Hezbollah; ceasefires only strengthen the enemy, making it more difficult to renew the war for the “right” side. A carnal enemy may surrender, at least outwardly; a spiritual enemy cannot be defeated by the flesh, or by force of arms. God will make use of those things, but until the Messiah returns and fights the final battle Himself (and with the resurrected and raptured saints, if I understand correctly), evil will have the upper hand that only Yeshua/Jesus can permanently cut off!
Antisemitism is a spiritual battle fought in the heavenlies, and carried out in the flesh on the Earth. Again, there is no rational or humanistic solution to a spiritual hatred against the Sovereign YHVH God, who has chosen to make the Jewish people and Israel His chosen instruments through whom He will glorify His holy Name in all the Earth. Had He chosen the Arabs to be that vessel, then all of the animus against Him would be directed at them.
Antisemitism is a two-edged sword: those who hate and persecute and despise and humiliate Jews for being Jewish, and Christians for being associated with the Christ, Jesus, those people will bring YHVH’s wrath on them on the Day of the LORD; those who bless them and take their stand with them and for them, even at personal risk, God will bless. The other side of this sword is to cause more Jewish people to consider who they are, and why living in Israel is God’s place for them, even, again, at much personal risk. God’s promises of redemption, salvation, and resurrection for those whose hope and trust is in Him, and more specifically through Jesus/Yeshua, is His antidote to every curse and poison.
There is no one good; no one righteous; even the best at this point seem sick from the sole of the feet to the top of the head.
We are feeling unsettled, and unless we are standing on the Rock of Yeshua the Messiah/Jesus Christ and His words, we will indeed become more unsettled. This generation is moving rapidly along to bring to fulfillment things written and spoken about in the Book of Truth, and we need to be tuning in. I know I speak of this alot, and that is because I believe that it is the truth. If you believe something is truth, and significant, then you ought to say so publicly, knowing that truth is not for being kept hidden, but shining out to be heard and seen — and weighed by the hearers.