North Korea and Bible Prophecy 

Pete Garcia With things heating up in the Pacific northeast, people are wondering what a potential war with North Korea means’ in the prophetic picture. Let me be upfront and state that I believe a war with North Korea will transpire, and that they are about to experience fundamental regime change. Let me be clear in saying that the North Korean regime under Kim Jong Un (KJU) will collapse through divine action. Now God may use the military, diplomatic, or economic means, but it will happen because He allows it. As a result, the Gospel will go into North Korea …

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Genesis Msg 71 Joseph the Dreamer

Joseph did not have any direct revelation from God as his father, grandfather, and great grandfather had. His was never characterized as sinless but the Bible never identifies any particular sins he committed. He had no revealed weakening of his faith in God. He had the Word of God and in that he trusted. He listened to his father who had many direct experiences with God and obeyed. Joseph lived out his life based upon what he knew to be the Word of God. What is important here is identifying the Biblical transition from the direct divine revelation from God …

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The Law

 There are four aspects of the Law that the Christian needs to understand in order to form a sound basis for understanding what the Law is and what its intent was as given by God. There are a total of 613 Laws The first 10 that commonly are referred to as the Ten Commandments are not the Law. The Law is a singular word and it is used in Scripture to refer to this unit of 613. The Law was given by angels to Moses. The angelic delivery was not revealed in the O.T. but was always in Jewish lore. …

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Christ the Power of God

Galatians 6:14 14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. You can have Christian law just as much as you can have Mosaic law; you can be in bondage in Christianity just as much as men were in Judaism. Christianity can be made into an imposed system just as much as Mosaic law was, and there are many Christians today who live under the fear of the “Thou shalt” and the “Thou shalt not” of a legalistic conception …

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A Hunger for God

As our hunger for God comes to life, He opens our heart and mind to desire Him even more. Psalm 63:1-5 63 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; 2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. 3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. 4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy …

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Hezbollah chief threatens Dimona reactor, says Israel fears a fight

At event marking 11 years since end of Second Lebanon War, Hassan Nasrallah warns against Israeli invasion BY TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF August 13, 2017 The leader of the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah hinted on Sunday that Israel should relocate its Dimona nuclear reactor because it too is a target for his organization, and one whose destruction could have more dire consequences than an attack on the huge ammonia tank in Haifa that he previously threatened to destroy. Speaking from his hidden bunker to a Hezbollah event in the village of Khiam in southern Lebanon to mark 11 years since the end …

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“His Presence”

“The one who formed you says: Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior!” (Isaiah 43:1-3). He is indeed Emmanuel, “God with us.” “The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is …

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Mantle of Power

2 Kings 2:12-15 12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. 13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; 14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they …

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“And I will remember My covenant.”—Genesis 9:15.

MARK the form of the promise. God does not say, “And when ye shall look upon the bow, and ye shall remember My covenant, then I will not destroy the earth,” but it is gloriously put, not upon our memory, which is fickle and frail, but upon God’s memory, which is infinite and immutable. “The bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant.” Oh! it is not my remembering God, it is God’s remembering me which is the ground of my safety; it is not my laying hold of His …

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Governed by Christ

Reflections For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. (Rom. 8:14) The Greek word translated, “led,” and the context of this verse in Romans 8, makes it clear that Paul is not talking about LEADINGS. Rather, the children of God are ones who are GOVERNED by the Spirit of God. This means more than simply being, “led by God.” It would be a rather shallow Christian life if all God did was give us LEADINGS. Rather than simply give us leadings, God gives us Christ. He is seeking to form Christ …

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The Broken Vessel..

Really hard sometimes to smile when your heart is crying.. I can relate to the broken and I can also see God has chosen all us broken souls for a reason.. “Take me,” cried the gold one. “I’m shiny and bright, “I’m of great value and I do things just right.” But God passes by the gold, silver, brass, crystal, and wooden urns, and chooses the vessel of clay. The poem explains why.. Then the Master looked down and saw a vessel of clay.. Empty and broken, it helplessly lay. No hope had the vessel that the Master might choose, …

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Times of Searching

2 Kings 2:1-14 (KJV) 2 And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. 2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel. 3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away …

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Developing Patience

The Holy Spirit is conforming us to Christ’s image. As we cooperate with Him, He will help us become more patient Colossians 3:12-14 (KJV) 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. On any given day, we may encounter frustrating people and situations. We may feel like …

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Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. (Isaiah 9:7)

d this world, and its universe, is a matter of knowing God in Christ, which, of course, means knowing Christ. Every aspect and detail of God’s will and God’s way and God’s end is a matter of knowing the Lord Jesus. All progress, as all life, rests upon that – knowing Him. The Christian life here is meant to be one of continuous growth and development and progress, but that only takes place as we come to know more, and still more, of the meaning of the Lord Jesus. This progress will not stop when we leave this world, and …

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