The Sword & Shofar

12/08/2024

Tisha B'Av. In English - "The Ninth of Av." Av is the name of the 11th month on the civil Hebrew calendar. The Ninth of Av is a memorial holiday of mourning. Most, if not all holidays are for celebrations aren't they? Why mourning on the Ninth of Av?
Well the quickest way to answer is a list of events/dates.
First, to give a quick background: You may have heard of "The Exodus" - The Exodus is the reason many Americans & other westerners get off from work & school on Passover. Its not even a national holiday in the U.S. - but take note how an event/date affects people who know nothing about it 3,500 after it happened. Anyway - the Exodus: Moses (after getting instructions & power from "I am") - led the Israelites out of Egypt - after they had been trapped there for nearly 400 years. Sorry - need to pause again... Think about that - 400 years. The United States is 248 years old in 2024. Imagine a whole nation - generations lived & died as slaves - then suddenly a deliverer shows up - says somebody named "I am" will rescue them. He rescues them. Big time. Egypt is totally decimated. About 2 million people gather up all the Egyptian treasure and follow a giant tornado of smoke through the desert... which turned into a giant tornado of fire at night so they could see it. Anyway - they get rescued - with cataclysmic miracles that are frankly beyond belief for the average modern person. After they are rescued - they start complaining. Finally, when they get to their destination - on "THE NINTH OF AV" - they complain so bad & are so frozen with fear that "I am" was fed up with them. So on the "Ninth of Av" - "I am" punishes them and tradition holds that He forever curses that date. Every complainer who was 20 years & older of the 2 million Israelites who were rescued were cursed to be lost in the desert until they died. They wandered in circles in the desert for 40 years until the last complainer died off. After that last whiner died, they were allowed into "The Promised Land." Thats the same promised land that has motivated thousands of angry mobs to shout in the street this year- that it will be 'free from the river to the sea..." Kind of odd isn't it? It's barely the size of one U.S. state - and yet the world is ready to start WW3 over it.
So as I said above - the date of the Ninth of Av was cursed... If it was you would think we might see some evidence of it...

- 586 BC - 9th of Av - Babylon destroys the First Temple - Jews go into exile for 70 years.
- 70 AD - 9th of Av - Rome destroys the 2nd Temple - Millions killed - surviving Jews go into exile until 1948
- 135 AD - 9th of Av - Jewish revolt of Bar Kochba - the last stronghold of the Jewish revolt fell on that day to the Romans - over 500,000 killed.
- 136 AD - 9th of Av - Emperor Hadrian plows the Temple Mount under - completely erasing it - to build Temple to Jupiter. Israel is renamed "Palestina" by the Romans to erase the memory of Israel.
- 1290 AD - 9th of Av - Jews kicked out of England.
- 1492 AD - 9th of Av - Jews kicked out of Spain by the King & Queen.
- 1914 AD - 9th of Av - WWI starts. Upheaval of European Jewry - culminating in WWII.
- 1941 AD - 9th of Av - N**i Party approved "The Final Solution"
.. We could go on - thats just a sampling of events that just happened to fall on that day of mourning...

Anyway - here we are in 2024. A whole bunch of people are clamoring for a final solution, and several nations have their cannons pointed at Israel.

Is the curse still in effect? Is there about to be a reversal? The exile part of the curse was reversed in 1948. But what about the Temple Mount? Right now it remains 'plowed under,' and on top of millennia of rubble there currently stands a a highly contested Islamic shrine & mosque. The inscription on that shrine - known as the "Dome of the Rock" states among other things - that God does not have a son.

Tomorrow is the 9th of Av.

03/08/2024

The 22 Arab States have a combined population of 473 million . Their combined GDP is approximately US$3.5 trillion at nominal values and $8.4 trillion at purchasing power parity (PPP). Israel has population of 9.5 million (NY State alone has 19.5 million!) Israel's GDP is $525 Billion. So the 22 Arab nations have 50 times the number of potential athletes and about 700% more combined GDP than Israel. Israel occupies about 0.16% of the landmass of the Middle-east & the combined Arab states have 632 TIMES the amount of land.
How dare Israel occupy and colonize the Olympics like this!!!

07/12/2023

In Israel: When you come home from the office for lunch and park the company vehicle.

28/11/2023

19/11/2023

The Houthis continue to make grave errors that will lead to their ruination. Firing missiles & drones across the Red Sea toward Israel. U.S. ships have had to take down several... And now Houthis want to be a scourge on the high seas too. They have hijacked a shipping vessel going from Turkey to India that has an international civilian crew! The only Jewish connection is that is partially owned by a Jewish tycoon and under lease to a Japanese company. If the Houthis were wise (they are not,) they would apologize for their attacks, focus on building up their own people, make peace and trade agreements with Israel and flourish. Sadly many nations do not take the path of wisdom, but prefer the path of madness & destruction.

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19/11/2023

We often hear of the irrational hatred of the Jews - and how anti-Jew psychosis can just spring up out of nowhere and take the world by storm. But is there a "flip-side" to that? What about the inexplicable love for Israel & Judah that seems to spring up like a fountain? Imagine a scene where a room full of Japanese men sing a song IN HEBREW written by King David about 3,000 years ago to honor the Israeli ambassador in Japan. Consider the strange winding paths of history that would lead to this scene... and what are they singing in Hebrew? The words of Psalm 28, verse 9 - “Save Your people, And bless Your inheritance; Shepherd them also, And bear them up forever.”
And consider the context of that verse in Psalm 28:
"Do not drag me off with the wicked,
with the workers of evil,
who speak peace with their neighbors
while evil is in their hearts.
Give to them according to their work
and according to the evil of their deeds;
give to them according to the work of their hands;
render them their due reward.
Because they do not regard the works of the LORD
or the work of his hands,
he will tear them down and build them up no more."

19/11/2023

Prayer is the most powerful artillery ever employed on the battlefield of the cosmos. Continue to pray for those fighting evil, but don't forget to pray for those under the control of evil! No circumstances on the ground are too difficult for God's special ops. Even in the midst of rubble, men must surrender to the dreamworld every night. https://www.westernjournal.com/miracle-muslim-men-gaza-seek-christ-200-dream-jesus-night-report/?fbclid=IwAR1KlPiLuR983zqpvabITrDlBawZgndWROGU-JYI6q2RooB4zgk5D0wCyAk

It's a recurring phenomena: Muslims around the world are seeing Jesus in their dreams and converting to Christianity.

17/11/2023

In the words of the famous martial artist Bruce Lee; "It's like a finger pointing away to the moon. Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.”

17/11/2023

A cleared coastal area of Gaza. Imagine what could be built here by an orderly, law abiding civilization that doesn't spend their money on death & destruction.

16/11/2023

Somewhere, there's a place for us...

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15/11/2023

Bible time. IDF style on the battlefield...

13/11/2023

The streets of our cities are filled with people giving themselves a spiritual hernia!

13/11/2023

Signs of the Times Update 11-12-23 : "War In The North"

12/11/2023

We see much more press coverage for the marches of hate. But this was a march in support of Israel today and a stand against anti-Jewish hate. Nearly 200,000 in France today standing up to the growing evil.
France has recorded nearly 1,250 anti-Semitic acts since the attack.

12/11/2023

Listen to this important message from an IDF soldier who is part of a special ministry in Israel: Netivyah. Netivyah in Hebrew means "the Way of the Lord." "The Way" was one of the names by which the early community of believers was known in the Brit Chadashah (New Testament). Paul says: "... According to the Way which they call 'sectarian,' I do serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is accordance with the Torah, and that is written in the Prophets" (Acts 24:14). As followers of "the Way," we believe in the God of Israel, the God of Avraham, Yitzchak, and Ya'akov. We try to be faithful to God's law (the Torah) and to the rest of Scripture - the Prophets and the Writings. We believe that the Messiah promised in God's word is Yeshua (Jesus), the one who "saves His people from their sins" (Matt 1:21).

12/11/2023

Prophecy is often a repeating pattern... on the way to ultimate fulfillment.

11/11/2023

IDF soldier Chaim Malespin (who believes Jesus is the Messiah) is serving on the front line in Gaza AND he is sharing wisdom scriptures, AND he is sharing prophecy spoken by Amos, AND helping soldiers and others in Israel through the charity "Aliyah Return Center." Check it out! ברוך את שמו של המלך משיח

11/11/2023

New Zealand Christian Indigenous people opposing Pro-Palestinian Protest. The Pro-Palestine Protest was meant to be at 2pm today, but this Haka dance scared them away and they rescheduled for Sunday. No to Anti-Semetic behaviour in NZ.

11/11/2023

Mosab Hassan Yousef. Its interesting to note if you directly translate the Arabic of his name - it means Brave, Doer of Good, He will increase. If you are not familiar with his testimony - his life is a very important part of this whole story: he is the son of one of the main co-founders of Hamas. He was known as "The Green Prince." He sensed in his heart something was wrong with the goals and tactics of his father's organization. He spent 27 months in an Israeli jail and had a radical change of heart and destiny. He saved his own father's life several times. The Arab people are very passionate in their speech, hand gestures & mannerisms. It is really interesting to see that passion displayed when it is directed through truth and not through a fanatic death-cult. Listen to his powerful interview on Piers Morgan.

Sky News Australia host Piers Morgan has spoken to an ex-Hamas insider who became a spy for Israel in the late 1990s. Mosab Hassan Yousef is the eldest son o...

10/11/2023

Ever wonder why teeth can be such a difficult part of the human journey? They can come in crooked, compacted, need to be straightened out, constantly cleaned, can quickly decay and our wisdom is often extracted in the process. The heart, ears & eyes started the process, but the teeth made first contact with destruction.

10/11/2023

IDF takes the coast of Gaza.

"So the seacoast will become a land of pastures,
with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.
The coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah;
there they will find pasture." - Zephaniah 2:6-7

Judah is not leaving this time.

09/11/2023

There are somewhere around 1,000 Christians serving in the IDF. This is a very unique & special time in biblical prophecy/history. There are many surprises in store - many things the majority of people could not foresee or even imagine in the destiny of Israel & their allies. NOW is the time to open the scriptures and look at them again or for the first time if you haven't already. You DO NOT want to be left behind trying to catch up when the BIG things really begin to happen.
"Look at the nations and watch— and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told." - Habakkuk 1:5

09/11/2023

Archaeologists theorize they might have found Peter's house near sea of Galilee. The lead archaeologist on the site, his first name is Yeshua. https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-11-08/ty-article-magazine/archaeologists-find-site-early-christians-venerated-as-apostle-peters-home/0000018b-ae8c-d3c1-a39b-beedd7520000?fbclid=IwAR0ArYdqcmmq74XdA54MGZDK-WQUtxk1MjFQhZfoHpAvAbplG3Q6ge3LnVk

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08/11/2023

99% of the news we get is bad news. Tragedy & horror. Mainstream news has always been like this. Good news doesn't sell like bad news. But amidst recent horror are amazing stories of heroism, miracles & victories. If you only watch one more thing about what happened on Oct. 7th - watch this unbelievable account of one family in a besieged kibbutz!

On The Rosenberg Report, host Joel Rosenberg sits down with Israeli journalist Amir Tibon who shares his family's incredible survival story from Hamas terror...

05/11/2023

Written in 1950. How did he know?

05/11/2023

Decades of open borders and appeasing a murderous ideology in the West has brought us here. Thousands march in western cities calling for the destruction of Israel. This was Berlin today.