The Rapture, ḥâzaq, and yâṣâ

Genesis 19 is the story of Lot’s removal from Sodom before the Lord’s divine judgment executed from heaven. Abraham had just bravely tested the Lord’s patience about how many righteous people it would take to spare the city from the judgement it deserved. Finally Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry so that I …

The Collapse of the Assad Regime

The last few days have been dramatic in Syria. The Assad regime is crumbling under the rapid onslaught of Syrian rebel forces that moved rapidly to take Aleppo, a key strategic city. Whoever controls Aleppo controls half of Syria, probably the northern half at this point since Assad’s army is retreating to the south. It …

Birth Pang Signs Heating Up

From Amir Tsarfati Telegram post: “Okay, so last week there was an assassination attempt on Trump, the assassination of Muhammad Deif, a war in Gaza, a war in the north, a drone from Yemen, the Air Force bombing Yemen, a global server crash and Biden dropping out.” There are 14 birth pang signs in the …

The Sixth Angel Part 2 – The Ride of the 200 Million

In my first post on this passage of scripture (Rev 9), I gave some practical reasons why the 200 million soldiers in Rev 9:16 are not likely a human army. I then did a post about applying a supernatural hermeneutic to Revelation 9 specifically and to the bible in general. Without a supernatural component to …

My Focus for 2023

As 2022 closes out, its a good time to look back as well as figure out the direction for this blog over the next year. Part of that is a decision about either keeping things at status quo, making more of an investment, or taking the blog site down and saving money. It is expensive …