Now is the Time

Now is the time for prayer!

As I get ready for bed, there is a heavy burden on my heart. Recent news out of Iran only confirms the 'Watch and Pray' heeding of my last posting.

Report: Iran to Hit Israel if Attacked, Control Oil Passageway

Iran says will dig hundreds of thousands of graves of 'invaders'

With the increased sanctions from the EU this past week, which has resulted in an even more defiant Iran, the stage is set for what appears to be military action. With our chief of Naval Operations visiting Israel last week, which was followed by a visit by the U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, has prompted speculation that Jerusalem and Washington were planning a joint military strike against Iran. With the Israeli air drill in early June, which was thought to be a simulation of an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, combined with Iran deploying its long-range Shihab missiles to launching position, war almost appears inevitable (link). Only the coming months will tell. Now is the time for prayer!!!

In the Cause of Christ,
Bro. Hamblin

Rev 22:16

Watch and Pray

Top negotiator for Palestinian Authority says solutions at hand for all core issues, now is time for decision-making. Speaking at conference organized by Peres Center for Peace, Erekat says 'Israeli and Palestinian leaders who reach an agreement will be more important to region's history than Jesus' Israel News, 06.27.08 (emphasis mine)

Although I had planned on a more extensive posting in the coming days, the above article that I read this morning has just continued to burn in my mind. Erekat's words allows those of us who are watching through our "prophetic lenses" to understand how the world will 'wonder after the beast' as spoken of in Revelation 13. The one who can bring peace to the middle east will be considered greater than Jesus himself, as Erekat says. Is it any wonder that this individual will have no problem sitting in the temple of God, declaring himself a god, as Paul tells us in 2 Thessalonians 2?

This article brought to mind the words of another world leader, Paul Henri Spaak, the first president of the United Nations General Assembly. In 1949, he said "We do not want another committee. We have too many already. What we want is a man of sufficient stature to hold allegiance of all people and lift us out of the economic morass in which we are sinking. Send us such a man and be he god or the devil we will receive him." (emphasis mine)

We are truly living in unprecedented times! Erekat's words are only one of the many sign posts that are popping up over the entire globe, warning us the Church is soon to reach her final destination. We need to heed the words of Jesus from Mark 21:37, "And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch."

In the Cause of Christ,
Bro. Hamblin

Rev 22:16