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Here is another update on Middle East events published May 17, 2019, by one of the most informed evangelists out there, Amir Tsarfati, who is a Jew who believes in Jesus and who has a thriving ministry that takes him all over the world where he preaches the Gospel as well as Bible prophecy. I find him a most reliable source with inside information that is right on the mark. The video is 54 minutes in length, and with Amir is Pastor Barry Stagner.
Please take the time to watch the entire video as it is so relevant today. He tells us about the recent strikes by Israel on targets near and around Damascus, Syria. Amir says, "Nothing that happens today should surprise any Bible believing Christian" and that all the instability we see now in the Middle East is to be expected according to Bible prophecy.
Pastor Barry Stagner, in this video, mentions that "there is a definite religious aspect to the strife in the Middle East" right now.
They also mention Europe, North Korea, and President Trump, and much more.
The fact that there are many targets being hit around Damascus recently quickly brings to mind the prophecy at Isaiah 17:1 which reads:
"The burden of Damascus, Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap."
It is highly possible that the above verse could come true very soon!! And if so, some pastors believe that the War of Gog and Magog will happen soon as well, as spoken of in Ezekiel 38 and 39.
As if the Isaiah 17 prophecy happening is the precursor to the War of Gog and Magog. All of the nations mentioned as coming against Israel are already in place now in Syria or nearby.
I have written here previously about Isaiah 17: go here.
A more detailed study of the Gog of Magog War is to be found here
So very many signs of the end times are literally shouting out loud, so to speak, that we need to take heed and make sure we are ready to meet Jesus when He soon returns for His Bride, the Church, true believers. His return is ever so imminent, with so many prophecies coming true now... or precursors to the prophecies happening now.
All one has to do is to believe in the Savior, Jesus Christ. Not a mere head knowledge, but a deep heart-felt love and sincere belief and faith in His power to redeem you and to wash you white as snow in His shed blood at the Cross.
Admit you are a sinner, and in need of a Savior.
Believe that Jesus is the only one who can save you and put you on the path to heaven. (John 14:6)
Call on His Name ; Commit your life to Him. Confess your sins.
Romans 10:9,10,13 tells us: (9) "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (10) For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (13) For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
The moment you believe and have faith in Jesus, you are saved forever. In the past I have written about joining a church, getting baptized, and witnessing to others; and all that is well and good and we should do those things, but they don't save you. Works do not save you, but belief in the Savior will.
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." - Ephesians 2:8-9
However, if you are truly saved, truly born again, the Holy Spirit will work in you to witness to others about Jesus, to help others in trouble, to attend church and fellowship with other believers. It is a process over time, this sanctification. To sanctify means to make holy or to set apart as sacred; to cleanse and purify. All of this takes time and as you grow closer to the good Lord by prayer and constant Bible reading, you will begin to display the fruit of the Spirit. Everyone matures at a different pace. Just communicate with the Lord frequently and you will "grow". But you are saved the moment you believe in the resurrected Jesus! Even without having done any "works". Remember the thief on the cross: he believed in Jesus by faith and Jesus told him that he would be with him in paradise. The thief did no good works before he died; he simply had saving faith in the Savior.
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance..... " - Galatians 5:22-23
"If you are not interested in the fruits of sin, stay out of the devil's orchard." - unknown
"Is it possible to be so active in the service of Christ as to forget to love Him? Many a man preaches Christ but gets in front of Him by the multiplicity of his own works......Christ can do without your works; what He wants is you. Yet if He really has you, he will have all your works." - P.T. Forsyth
"Man was made for the highest and most elevated enjoyment - the enjoyment of the presence of God and the admiration of His infinite perfections. And when he loses this power to appreciate, admire, and love his God, he sinks from his high calling - to a level with the brute." - Charles H. Spurgeon
"He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me; and he that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him." - Jesus at John 14:21
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me." - John 14:6
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Have a blessed and Christ centered weekend..... and life !
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