Reminder of why Nisan is such a hopeful time! -Fair Use- According to Rabbi Mendel Kessin, one of the most original and incisive Torah thinkers alive today, what the world is witnessing right now was written thousands of years ago as literal prophecy. In a lecture posted to YouTube this past Friday, Rabbi Kessin laid out a breathtaking framework connecting the current American-Israeli campaign against Iran to the final redemption of the Jewish people, the fall of Haman, the role of Donald Trump as a messianic figure, and the imminent building of the Third Temple — this year. “When you see evil over and over, and especially the chiefs of evil fall,” Rabbi Kessin told his audience, “this is no simple matter. You know what it means? It means that the Satan, who is the defender and the motivator of all these people, he’s dying. He has no power in the court in heaven.” The evidence he cites is in the gematria (the numerical value of Hebrew letters). Khamenei’s name, as spelled in the Israeli Hebrew-language newspaper Maariv — with a yud, giving a value of 119 — yields the exact numerical value of ze hu Haman: “This is Haman.” It is also the gematria of gilgul Haman — the reincarnation of Haman. This is why the timing of the current war shook Rabbi Kessin so visibly. The Israeli strike that killed Khamenei occurred on the very day that the weekly Torah portion commands the Jewish people to obliterate the name of Amalek. “While the Jews in Israel are reading that parasha, that section of the Torah where it commands the Jews to take out Haman — he is being obliterated,” Rabbi Kessin said. “That’s a message. God is saying: I want to show you what I’m doing.” And then, just days later, came Purim. God saved Trump from an assassin’s bullet by a quarter of an inch. “Why?” Rabbi Kessin asked. “Well, now we see why — to take out Iran.” Trump’s seemingly unexpected pivot from domestic MAGA politics to an aggressive, almost singular focus on dismantling the world’s most dangerous regimes — Venezuela’s Maduro captured in a flawless intelligence operation, the head of Mexico’s cartels eliminated, and now the decapitation strike against Iran’s leadership — is not a political anomaly. It is a mission. “The Satan is dying,” Rabbi Kessin said. “He has no power in the court in heaven. Otherwise, how could you see so many heads of the armies of evil falling?” Rabbi Kessin then turned to the Jewish calendar year 5786 — this year. The gematria of 786 is identical to the phrase yavo Mashiach — “the Messiah will come.” “What that means very simply,” Rabbi Kessin said, “is that this is the last war.” He was emphatic: we have crossed a threshold... We are now in atchalta d’Geulah, the beginning of redemption. And that process, once started, is irrevocable. “It cannot be turned back,” Rabbi Kessin said. “It cannot be reversed.” Rabbi Kessin closed with what may be his most stunning claim. He cited a commentary known as the Ba’al HaTurim, who notes that the word v’shachanti — “and I will dwell” — from the verse in Parashat Terumah where God says “And I will dwell in their midst” (Shemot 25:8), contains encoded within it the duration of both the First and Second Temples. The letters of the word allude to 410 years (the length of the First Temple period) and 420 years (the length of the Second Temple). And the full gematria of v’shachanti? 786. The year 5786. “So in 5786 — which is this year — that is actually when the Third Beit HaMikdash will be built,” Rabbi Kessin said. “Don’t be surprised if you wake up one day and all of a sudden the newspapers are reporting… we can’t believe it. There’s actually a Temple sitting on top of the Har HaBayit, the Temple Mount.” https://israel365news.com/416625/the-messiah-is-coming-this-year-and-the-war-with-iran-is-the-proof/ But, we know that the Gog-Magog war is yet to come. Yet, perhaps it's true that redemption has already begun and cannot be reversed. Is THIS the Beginning of the End?? Prophecy in the News [19 minutes] Roll Your Eyes All You Want… The Rapture Is Real: Let’s start with the obvious: the Rapture sounds crazy. Jesus descends from Heaven, dead people rise from their graves, and living believers are suddenly caught up into the sky—like the world’s strangest episode of “Stranger Things.” Sounds like the stuff your uncle mutters about after three cups of church coffee. Except—the Rapture is right there in Scripture. Paul says it. John says it. Jesus says it. Now, critics like to pounce: “But the word Rapture isn’t even in the Bible!” Neither are the words Trinity or even Bible. And yet, here we are, still believing in all three. The word comes from the Latin rapturus, which translates the Greek word harpazo—meaning “to snatch up, grab by force.” Imagine a parent reaching out and pulling their child away from danger just in time. That’s the picture Scripture gives us of the Rapture. Some say, “Oh, the Rapture is just a modern invention, some 19th-century gimmick.” Nonsense. Yes, J.N. Darby helped popularize it in more recent times, but long before him, the early Church Fathers like Irenaeus and Cyprian wrote about believers being “snatched up” before judgment. It’s not new—it’s biblical. We also hear about the Rapture straight from Paul, Peter, James, and most importantly, Jesus Himself: “‘And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also’” (John 14:3 NKJV). The most familiar passage on the Rapture is 1 Thessalonians 4:16–18: “For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.” And if that sounds far-fetched, remember Enoch—who literally walked off the face of the earth into God’s presence—and Elijah, who rode to Heaven in a fiery chariot. The prototypes are already in the Old Testament. Why the Rapture Matters Here’s why this isn’t just a fun theological parlor game: the Rapture gives hope. Paul calls it the “blessed hope.” When you’ve buried a loved one, you don’t need vague talk about them being “in a better place.” You need the solid promise that in one split second you’ll be with them again. Parents reunited with children. Husbands with wives. Brothers and sisters together again. And at the center of it all—Jesus Christ Himself. And it does more than comfort grief. It motivates godliness. If you really believe Jesus could return at any moment, maybe don’t binge sin like it’s Netflix. You wouldn’t invite your best friend into a house piled with dirty laundry and Taco Bell wrappers. Don’t greet your Savior that way either. You want to be ready—walking with Him, keeping your spiritual house in order. The Takeaway What do we do with all this? We wake up. We stay alert. And we stop living like the world is a Vegas buffet that never closes. Paul said: “The night is almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here…” (Romans 13:12). Translation: Time is short. Knock it off. If you’re a believer, live clean, live holy, live hopeful. If you’re not—well, get right or get left. Because one day, maybe in our lifetime, maybe tonight—in a blink, in the twinkling of an eye—everything changes. Loved ones raised. The Church caught up. Judgment delayed until after the Bride has been rescued. It’s not escapism. It’s not fantasy. As C.S. Lewis reminded us, looking forward to the eternal world is one of the things a Christian is meant to do. So, laugh if you want. Roll your eyes. Write your snarky post. But the Rapture is real. And when it happens—when the shout comes, when the trumpet blows—mockery won’t matter. Only hope will. https://harbingersdaily.com/roll-your-eyes-all-you-want-the-rapture-is-real/ 
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The Messiah Is Coming This Year — And the War With Iran Is the Proof: