HAPPY NEW YEAR ISRAEL II

September 10, 2012

Two years ago, I put together a post entitled “HAPPY NEW YEAR ISRAEL.”  It hit my top ten posts last year and has done so again this year.  I guess I should probably update that post a bit.

In that first post,  I gave a brief history of what this time of year means to Israel.  Yom Kippur, the “Day of Atonement,” is perhaps the most important holiday of the Jewish year.

Second, I shared a few reasons why I didn’t think it was a very happy new year in Israel.

Third, I shared a little about the future of Israel.

I will not go back over what I covered in “HAPPY NEW YEAR ISRAEL.”  If it is not in “Top Posts” at the right, click on the four words preceding this sentence and you will see how I covered these three items two years ago.

“The custom on Rosh Hashanah is to tell everyone you see “L’shana Tova.” That means “have a good new year.” Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset on September 16, 2012 and lasts until nightfall on September 18, 2012. It is followed by the fast of Yom Kippur and the holiday of Sukkot. This entire period is called the ‘High Holiday’ season.”

So what are the headlines out of Israel in 2012 as Israel prepares to celebrate?

Hezbollah aiming 60-70 thousand rockets at Israel

Intelligence committee chairman: Israel doesn’t believe Obama and ‘neither do the Iranians’ 

Can Israel still surprise Iran?

Muslim Brotherhood official shuns Israelis at international conference

Peres Warns That ‘Time is Limited’ On Tackling Iran by Non-Military Means

Romney: ‘Iran is Greatest Threat’

Disappointing Israel, Clinton says US won’t set deadlines for Iran

The headlines of the last two days go on and on.  If you want to read any of these articles, just click on the one you would like to read.  I could have pasted 30 more.

At the end of “HAPPY NEW YEAR ISRAEL” I asked, “What will happen after the war that’s coming?”

“I’ll save my opinion on that for an upcoming post” was my response in 2010.  That “upcoming post” never appeared.

I now think that Israel will expand its territory after the coming war.  This, of course, doesn’t mean the end of the world’s problems.  I think the great tribulation of Matthew 24 will begin soon after the war.  What does “soon” mean?  You won’t pin me down on that one.  A day is like a thousand years and a thousand years is like a day in God’s timetable.

And what about America?

The Bible says that those who bless Israel will be blessed.

Are we blessing Israel?  I leave that question to you.

And while you ponder that question,  I will wish Israel “L’shana Tova.”

Chris Reimers

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The Jesus Film

September 9, 2012

If you haven’t heard of the Jesus film, now you have.   It is a full 2-hour classic movie and is offered in 1,145 languages.  You can go HERE, see some of the many languages it’s shown and heard in, and scroll down and watch it in English.  It is particularly good for those who have never heard God’s Word or for those who need review (Don’t we all?)  These folks at The Jesus Film Project have taken the admonition to “Go into all the world” seriously.    They have done a great job. In many places around the world, this has been an introduction to the Gospel message.

Chris Reimers

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Abba Father

September 7, 2012

Psalm 68:5 says, “A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation. ‘ab(ahv) Father; forefather; producer of a certain thing. A very simple word, ‘ab is supposed to be one of the first words a baby can speak. The Aramaic form of ‘ab is ‘abba, which has become common in modern Hebrew as the word Israeli children use for “daddy.”

Jesus in Mark 14:36 applied this toddler’s word to His divine Father. Romans 8:15 When we pray Father it is the Holy Spirit in us who is teaching us to do so. Many compound names of ‘ab are in the Old Testament such as “Abraham, “Father of a multitude”; ‘Abimelech, “My Father is King”; ‘Abshalom, “Father of Peace.”

Sometimes ‘ab does not refer to a physical father so much as it does to architect, builder, creator, and the one who causes something to be. For instance, a “father of evil” is someone who produces evil. Jesus described Satan as the “father of lies.”

‘AB used in the context of “creator” and “producer” is applied to the Lord Jesus who is ‘abi-’ad, the “Everlasting Father,” or more literally, the “Father of Eternity.” Isaiah 9:6. This word study is from the Babbler (strongs#4691) of Cracked-Pot. Thanks for stopping by.

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God Was Angry

September 7, 2012

This video was made over 2 1/2 years ago.  J.R. Church was a wonderful Bible teacher.  He is no longer with us, but I have no question as to his eternal dwellings.

Israel is currently having closed meetings among their highest leaders.  It is obvious that Mr. Obama plans on not helping Israel defend itself.  Israel finds itself in a difficult position.  America is in a dangerous situation because our leaders are not blessing Israel.

J.R. says in this video, “You don’t poke God in the eye and get away with it.”

I have one of the two books that J.R. mentions.  It is called “As America Has Done To Israel” by John P. McTernan.

Have you heard of the hurricane named he Great New England Hurricane of 1938?  “Its effect on the Northeast coast is still visible to this day.  It hit Long Island New York with such force that it registered on seismographs from New York to Alaska.”(1)  It would be classified as a category 5 hurricane before making landfall as a category 3.

“Siegfried is a legendary hero in medieval German literature.  He killed a dragon and bathed in its blood, which made his body invulnerable.”(2)

Did you know that a nazi organization (The Bund) was spread across America with sixty-five chapters of and twenty-eight camps in 1938?  The largest camp was similar to Nuremberg (the heart of the Nazi movement in Germany and where the war crimes trials were held after the war), was located in Yaphank, New York, and was called Camp Siegfried.  It was a 45 acre compound located about 60 miles east of New York City on Long Island.

“The Bundists (who inhabited this camp) were serious Nazis who went so far as to begin a petition to amend the Constitution of the United States.  They wanted Jews excluded from all governmental functions.” (3)

“The Great Hurricane of 1938 went directly over Adolf Hitler Street (in Camp Siegfried).  This happened during the time the president of the United States turned his back on Czechoslovakia and the Jews.” (4)

The path of the storm was particularly unusual and may be seen here and here.

I hope our leaders decide to go back to supporting Israel.   If not, the results will be devastating.

Chris Reimers

(1) “As America has done to Israel,” John P. McTernan pg. 30

(2) Ibid pg. 38

(3) Ibid pg. 42

(4) Ibid pg. 46

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ISRAEL IS NOT ALONE

September 3, 2012

In a recent article in Brietbart, John Bolton, former ambassador for the U.S. to the U.N. said that Israel is now alone.  He was, of course, talking in worldly terms.  You can read the article here.

I believe that Mr. Bolton is correct.  The current man in the White House will not support Israel and the tiny country’s options are diminishing.

There is something very important that must be taken into consideration when it comes to Israel’s safety.  God made an everlasting covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  It is a covenant of promise about the land that Israel now possesses part of.  It doesn’t matter how many powerful weapons any nation brings to the table when God is in the mix.

Israel is not alone.  It will not be defeated.  This is not my opinion.  This is what I believe the Bible clearly teaches.

What do you think?

Chris Reimers

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U.S. Debt and its Cause

August 30, 2012

I want to thank Barbara Anable for sending this to me.  Her comment was:  “As clear as it gets.  Please watch.  Non-partisan!  Truthfully frightening!”

I agree with Barbara’s assessment.  I have watched our national debt problem for  some time.  You may be asking, “How is Chris going to connect this to something Biblical?”  To this question, I would answer that: “You are quite perceptive.”

I will choose one verse:

“And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse.”

You can see the verse in context here.  God is speaking to Abram (“exalted father”) before he is named Abraham (“father of many”).  It is interesting that he had both of these names before he ever had children.

God has always blessed those who have blessed the Jews.  America was instrumental in Israel’s recent return as a nation.  We now have a government that supports Israel less than ever.  We are in trouble, as is the rest of the world.  There are two reasons for this.  We have not believed in the God of heaven and earth and we have not supported the Jews.  It is not surprising to me that we find ourselves in this situation.  Most don’t know the basic teachings in the Bible these days.

I have hope in spite of the situation.  I have read the end of the story (Rev. 20-22).

I don’t see America in Bible prophecy.  The prophecies are about Israel. What is happening today was explained long ago by the Hebrew prophets.  I am watching Bible prophecy unfold before my eyes. I know that the above verse is as true today as it was the day God spoke it to Abram.

I don’t think our debt problem will be solved.  I think we are living in the days that Jesus spoke of when He mentioned “birth pangs (NASB).”  This verse is Matthew 24:8.  The King James version calls it “the beginning of sorrows.”

No matter how it plays out, my hope is in Jesus.  Ephesians 2:8-9 states:

8 “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.”

Like the great Apostle:

38  “…I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” -Romans 8:38,39

Chris Reimers

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“Have mercy upon me, O God.”

August 29, 2012

I know that these words were written by David after the prophet Nathan had given him the bad news that God was quite aware of his great sins.  I can relate to the quote given by Dr. Carey below.  I only wish I understood it as well as Dr. Carey did.  He must have been a very humble and godly man.  He was called the “father of modern missions” and you can read more about him here.

CR

“Have mercy upon me, O God.”  Ps 51:1

When Dr. Carey was suffering from a dangerous illness, the enquiry was made, “If this sickness should prove fatal, what passage would you select as the text for your funeral sermon?” He replied, “Oh, I feel that such a poor sinful creature is unworthy to have anything said about him; but if a funeral sermon must be preached, let it be from the words “Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness; according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.” In the same spirit of humility he directed in his will that the following inscription and nothing more should be cut on his gravestone:

“WILLIAM CAREY, BORN AUGUST 17th, 1761:

DIED”

“A wretched, poor, and helpless worm

On thy kind arms I fall.”

Only on the footing of free grace can the most experienced and most honoured of the saints approach their God. The best of men are conscious above all others that they are men at the best. Empty boats float high, but heavily laden vessels are low in the water; mere professors can boast, but true children of God cry for mercy upon their unprofitableness. We have need that the Lord should have mercy upon our good works, our prayers, our preachings, our alms givings, and our holiest things. The blood was not only sprinkled upon the doorposts of Israel’s dwelling houses, but upon the sanctuary, the mercy seat, and the altar, because as sin intrudes into our holiest things, the blood of Jesus is needed to purify them from defilement. If mercy be needed to be exercised towards our duties, what shall be said of our sins? How sweet the remembrance that inexhaustible mercy is waiting to be gracious to us, to restore our backslidings, and make our broken bones rejoice!

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-92)

I have the hard copy of Mr. Spurgeon’s “Morning and Evening,” which gives a devotional for each morning and evening. It is my favorite.

It may be found online HERE.

CR

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DREAMS FROM MY FATHER

August 23, 2012

I would like to thank Barbara Anable for sending me an email with this YouTube video.  In her email, Barbara writes:

“Joel Gilbert has guts made of steel to make this speech to the National Press Club in Washington.
You will cheer, you will shudder, and you will pray for his safety.”

I did and will do all the above.

As a former journalist, I share Mr. Gilbert’s frustration with the press.  My frustration starts at the local level and goes all the way to the big guys.

Jesus said, “The truth will set you free.”  May we only have the truth?

CR

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The Hunger Games

August 20, 2012

My daughter thought I should watch the hunger games.  She wasn’t sure how I would react.  There was a bit of curiosity in me. When she bought the video, we sat down as a family to watch it.  My wife and I hadn’t seen it.

I understand that on Amazon Books The Hunger Games books have already outsold the spell-ridden Harry Potter series.  As there are more Harry Potter books, a statement can be made about the popularity of The Hunger Games.

One thing is obvious.  It is evident that the author knows about Agenda 21.  Agenda 21 is real. It is a United Nations’ plan that would set up the real world to look similar to the “world” in The Hunger Games.

It would be quite a surprise if the author didn’t know about Agenda 21.

The author’s intent is unclear.  I checked her background and there doesn’t appear to be any support of a one world government.  I must say the bios I’ve read are limited.

Either way the movie is a fable and I think the real Agenda 21 will never happen.

Those who are planning such a world don’t mind a movie like this.  Although the message of the movie seems to “speak” against crowding humans into cities separated by natural zones, the idea is there.

I think those in power love movies like this.  They love to think the world will be like “The Hunger Games” world some day.

The author depicts the cruelty of such an arrangement.

Is there hope for the future in the movie?  I would say not.  To be fair to the author, I have not read any of the books.  I have only seen the movie.

Our only hope is in Jesus Christ.  I don’t think Agenda 21 will ever happen because I think the second coming of our Lord will happen first.

Those who don’t believe in Him see a world like the one in The Hunger Games coming.  And if Jesus doesn’t come for quite awhile, Agenda 21 will be implemented.  It must give the unbeliever a hopeless feeling.

I do not think the real near future looks rosy.  We have gotten away from our Bibles and it has been and will be costly.  The Bible speaks about days of hunger.

I don’t know exactly how it will all pan out.  But Bible prophecy is the only place where real answers may be found.

I enjoyed spending the time with my family watching the movie.  Afterward, I enjoyed our conversation.

As I have stated, I don’t know the motivation of the author.  I think the movie makes some people very happy and others very sad.

In my case, it is evidence that we are living near the time of His advent.  But, I knew this before I watched the movie.

I am filled with hope.

Chris Reimers

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2012 Olympic Ceremonies Occultic?

August 14, 2012

Do you think that the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies were strange?  Well, I do.  I had to shut off the closing ceremonies because it was so strange.  For those who think some sort of statement was made, I would say that I have to agree.  Whatever was being communicated was certainly not Christian.

The article I linked to in my previous post about the opening ceremonies was thought provoking.  I have found another article.  To be honest, I don’t know if the article is really critical of the closing ceremonies or attempting to promote what it pretends to unmask.  In either case, it is interesting.

We live in very strange times.  They are Godless times.  Read your Bibles.  Know His Word.  And the peace that passes all understanding will rule in your hearts today.

Chris Reimers

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