Recent Events: By Daymond Duck Published on: May 19, 2019 First, most of those that follow Bible prophecy are aware of the connections between Prime Min. Netanyahu, Pres. Trump and the numbers 7 and 70. For example, Mr. Netanyahu had been in office 7 years, 7 months and 7 days on the day that Pres. Trump was elected. Pres. Trump was elected by a margin of 77 electoral votes and he was 70 years, 7 months and 7 days old on the day that he was inaugurated. Pres. Trump was born 700 days before Israel became a nation, so there were 700 days between Pres. Trump’s seventieth birthday and Israel’s seventieth birthday. Anyway, it was recently reported that Pres. Trump’s Sec. of State, Mike Pompeo, is the 70th person to hold that job, and he got in the 70th year of Israel’s existence. These numerical facts seem to be too much to be coincidence, and I don’t want to go overboard; but it is possible that God is trying to tell us something (perhaps that He is in control and acting, or perhaps that something has changed or started). Second, a reader recently sent me a link to a video of Gary Stearman interviewing Tom Horn on Prophecy Watchers (The Rabbis and Donald Trump, May 6, 2019). These well-known prophecy teachers discussed a visit to the White House several months ago by a group of Orthodox Jewish rabbis. The Jewish rabbis (at least one is probably a member of the Jewish Sanhedrin) wanted Pres. Trump’s upcoming “Deal of the Century” to give Israel permission to rebuild the Temple. Resistance and trouble, perhaps war, are to be expected, but the thought of a peace plan with permission to rebuild the Temple on the table in a few weeks is exciting. Third, on May 9, 2019, it was reported that Nancy Pelosi said she believes “the establishment of the State of Israel is one of the greatest accomplishments of the 20th century; it was a political, official establishment of a country.” According to the Bible, it is a miracle greater than Israel’s exodus from Egypt in the days of Moses, greater than the Ten Plagues, parting of the Red Sea, etc. Fourth, Pope Francis is still at it (a speech at the Vatican on May 2, 2019). He referred to world government as the “common good.” He called for the establishment of entities with power greater than nations. He said the kind of things the False Prophet will probably say when he supports the rise of the Antichrist. Fifth, here is some good news for a change: On May 6, 2019, Amir Tsarfati, a well-known Bible prophecy teacher, traveled to Washington, DC to attend a breakfast and to speak to about 30 members of Congress about the Biblical significance of supporting Israel. All of Congress should have been there, but I thank God for alerting these leaders on the Biblical significance of supporting Israel. He will bless those that bless Israel and curse those that curse Israel. Sixth, the Middle East is about to explode over Pres. Trump’s sanctions on Iran. Iran’s retaliation is putting the global oil market at risk. One misstep could trigger the fulfillment of several prophecies. Seventh, the third horseman of the Apocalypse is hyper-inflation and an economic collapse. America’s controversy with China is putting the global economy at risk. Jesus said watch and pray. -Fair use-
He denounced nations for making excessive demands for sovereignty.
