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The Prophetic Times for August 4, 2018

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The Prophetic Times for August 4, 2018

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Greetings from Phoenix,

 

The monsoon rolled into today with a fierceness of lightning, thunder, high speed winds, much rain, and a little bit hail. The rain is very much needed, and the desert dryness absorbed the moisture like a sponge.  Quite a number of trees were downed in the Maricopa suburb where we live, and it will take a while to clean everything up.  Thankfully, we had no trees blown down. 

 

Iran is the focus of the attention of the United States currently, and as usual they are boastfully threatening the U.S. and other nations.   There are concerns about Iran's plan for an immediate massive military operation described as preparations to shut down the strategic Strait of Hormuz.  It is estimated that 35% of the world's seaborne oil shipments and 20% of all oil traded worldwide flows through this narrow passage in the Red Sea.

 

In the past most of what Iranian leaders have threatened has been no more than rhetoric, but should they carry through this could not be tolerated by the western world.  The Trump administration has threatened to intervene, but it is likely that Saudi Arabia as a regional ally of the United States would be the chief military force to act.  Naturally, it is anyone's guess as to what ultimately will transpire.

 

We indeed live in turbulent times aptly called the time of Jacob's trouble, and we can expect more rather less trouble in the months ahead. The implications of the prophecy about Jacob's trouble is that the modern nations of Israel, Britain and the United States, will suffer a sudden reversal of fortunes and be defeated, and taken into captivity or slavery by their enemies.  

 

Jeremiah the prophet wrote anciently, “For thus says the Lord: ‘We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.6 Ask now, and see, whether a man is ever in labor with child? So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labor, and all faces turned pale?  7 Alas! For that day is great, so that none is like it; and it is the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it." (Jer. 30:5-7)

 

God promises Israel that He will save them out of what is coming, and they will be rescued from the nations which enslaved them. (Jer. 30:8)

 

These incredible things seem impossible now, but the stage is being set.  The United States does not enjoy a lot of  appreciation in the world, and many nations would relish the downfall of this country.  Such a thing would turn the world upside down.

 

How will it come?  When it does happen it will likely come when we are "sold out" by the nations who ostensibly are our friends and allies.  We place more trust in our allies, and as a nation we have turned our backs on God. 

 

Modern Israel, the peoples of Britain and the United States, should have relied on God, but instead we have bought our allied support with billions of dollars in foreign aid.  The Bible refers to those nations who support Israel as lovers, and it means they are like paid harlots.  There is no loyalty, and they support the nation who pays them.  

 

In the future the so-called friends of the United States and Britain will desert us, and they will readily support another nation which offers them a better deal.  They will not come to our aid in a time of crisis, but rather they will aid and support the efforts of other nations to bring about our great downfall. 

 

The world will be amazed how fast it will happen when it begins, but we need to watch world events as they unfold so we aren't surprised.  Most of all we mus watch our own spiritual condition so we aren't caught unaware and unprepared.

 

Attached is the Prophetic Times for this week in PDF and Word.  Have a nice Sabbath!

 

Kind regards,

Jim Tuck