Charismatic False Teaching - Afrikaans

April 1, 2025

Valse Charismatiese Leerstellings.®

Joseph Chambers / Charismatic False Teaching

“ En Hy antwoord: Pas op dat julle nie mislei word nie; want baie sal onder my Naam kom en sê: Dit is ek! en: Die tyd is naby! Gaan dan nie agter hulle aan nie”. (Luk 21:8)

Niks het meer skade aan die Pinkster en Charismatiese bewegings aangerig soos die valse leerstelling oor die werke van die Heilige Gees nie en die gevolg daarvan is dat daar baie min oorgebly het van die vroeë Pinkster bewegings wat nog vasgehou het aan Waarheid.

Daar is baie ‘n groot verskil tussen die Charisma gawes wat ons vandag in die Charismatiese bewegings sien en dit wat in die Woord van die Here opgeteken is.

Kom ons kyk na sommige van die verskille:
Fortuin vertelling; waarsêery wat genoem word “Persoonlike Profesieë”
Die gebedstaal misleiding.
Bonatuurlike gebede: Towerspreuke wat gesien word as gebed.
Charismatiese aanbiddings.
Die Charismatiese gees.
Satan is ‘n Besetter
Die Charismatiese gees

Persoonlike profesie.

Hierdie vals idee van persoonlike profesie wat niks anders as fortuin vertellery, of waarsêery is nie wat in die laaste twee dekades deur die misleide Charismatiese wêreld gepromoveer word en dit het vandag ‘n groot probleem vir baie kerke geword. Mense soos Paul Crouch en Pat Robertson en baie van hulle meelopers het vir hulle fortuine bymekaar gemaak deur die gees van waarsêery en so het hulle groot TV netwerke opgebou wat mense nog verder in die verderf inlei. Hulle gebruik die Bybelse Fondasie as ‘n vlaggie oor hierdie misleiding, en die gees van waarsêery word valslik genoem die Gawe van Kennis en van Profesie, dit is egter net so vals as Lucifer self!

Die gelowige word gelei deur die Heilige Skrifte en die inwonende Heilige Gees, en nie deur ‘n eensydige profesie nie. Vandag word daar duisende sogenaamde ‘profesieë’ kunstig ontwerp en duisende manne en vroue jaag agter hierdie reënboog aan omdat hulle in hulle ore gestreel wil wees deur hierdie valse profesieë. Baie mense se lewens word vandag ingerig volgens hierdie waarsêery en dit is waarom hulle na hierdie profete stroom.

Maar die Woord van die Here sê vir ons baie eenvoudig: “En ons het die profetiese woord wat baie vas is, waarop julle tog moet ag gee soos op 'n lamp wat in 'n donker plek skyn, totdat die dag aanbreek en die môrester opgaan in julle harte; terwyl julle veral dít moet weet, dat geen profesie van die Skrif 'n

saak van eie uitlegging is nie; want geen profesie is ooit deur die wil van 'n mens voortgebring nie, maar, deur die Heilige Gees gedrywe, het die heilige mense van God gespreek” (2Pet.1:19?21)

Geen Skrif of profesie of uitleg is ‘n eensydige verklaring nie. Ons moet altyd geestelike dinge (woorde) met geestelike (woorde) vergelyk. Petrus die apostel wat saam was met die Verheerliking van Christus op die berg het gepraat van die Getuienis wat ons Hemelse Vader vir Sy Seun Jesus Christus gegee het, en ook sê Petrus: “En ons het die profetiese woord wat baie vas is” wat hy verklaar die Woord van God, en dat geen profesie van die Skrifte deur die mens se wil gebring kan word nie. Met ander woorde, Profesie is ‘n Gawe soos al die ander Gawes wat bedoel is vir die hele gemeente, die Gawe van Profesie is DEUR ‘n persoon en nie VIR ‘n persoon nie. Dit mag nie deur mense gebruik word om mense se persoonlike lewens te manipuleer en te beheer nie. 'n Persoon ontvang die Woord van die Here en pas dit wat betrekking op homself het op homself toe. Geen mens moet probeer om ‘n ander se lewe te regeer nie. Mense wat met persoonlike profesie besig is skep die idee by mense dat hulle sekere uitverkore goddelike kennis van God ontvang het, m.a.w. hulle skep die idee dat hulle met die Heilige Gees wandel! By die fortuin vertellers is dit presies dieselfde. Fortuin vertellers skep die idee by mense dat hulle sekere persoonlike kennis oor hulle lewens besit.

Vandag is daar ’n menigte misleiers wat misbruik maak van pragtige mense en hulle verlei met hulle gebabbel deur die gees van waarsêery.

Moet asseblief nie u ore uitleen vir hierdie valsheid nie want elke Wedergebore siel het die Inwonende Heilige Gees binne in hom of haar vir Krag en Leiding. Ons het nie hierdie valsheid nodig nie. Die Heilige Gees neem die Woord van die Here en maak dit van toepassing op die lewe van die siel wat dit ontvang, en om enigsins na die gebabbel van hierdie waarsêers te luister is ‘n sekere weg na afval. Hierdie fortuin vertellers se redes gaan gewoonlik net oor goeie werke en dade, leë beloftes en seëninge wat ‘n valse gerusstelling by mense aanwakker, terwyl die Woord van die Here gaan oor lering, teregwysing, belydenis en bekering, en dit is net diegene wat eerlik en getrou is aan die Here wat hierdie dinge elke dag op hulle lewens van toepassing kan maak. Die gees van waarsêery daarenteen het ‘n emosionele uitwerking op die lewens van mense wat hulle in ‘n onnatuurlike staat van gebondenheid bring. Ons Hemelse Vader is geen aannemer van persoon nie, by Hom is almal dieselfde, Hy ken almal se name en Hy het ook die hare op elkeen se hoof getel, en om enigsins daaraan te dink dat jy iemand soos ‘n waarsêer of ‘n guru in jou lewe nodig het om jou lewe te reel en te rig as jy by die kruispaaie in die lewe kom, is niks anders as om die Geloof in die Here jou God te verloën nie.

Daar is baie mense wat vandag van plek tot plek gaan om te hoor of iemand nie dalk vir hulle ‘n woord van kennis het nie, hierdie misleide mense soek nie die Waarheid nie, hulle soek na hulleself. Wat hulle egter moet soek, is die Woord van God, want by Hom is daar rus en vrede. Onthou, wanneer u die Woord van die Here oopmaak dan praat God met u, en wanneer u hierdie Bybel toemaak, dan maak u die Stem van die Here stil.

Die Gawes van die Heilige Gees is aan die Gemeente gegee, en die doel van die Gawes van die Heilige Gees is om by ons ‘n drang van verlange aan te vuur om die Krag van God te ontvang en om Sy Wil te doen. Die Heilige Gees werk nooit buite die riglyne van die Woord van God nie?? “En neem aan die helm

van verlossing en die swaard van die Gees??dit is die woord van God???(Ef.6:17). Die Here het nie 'n ander Swaard, of nog ‘n Swaard nie, en om nou te beweer dat hierdie eksotiese strelende gebabbel die Woord van die Here is, is 'n totale misleiding.

Die Gawes van die Heilige Gees is vir die Liggaam van Christus, vir die gemeente, en Hy is nie daar vir ‘n persoon om beheer oor ander mense se lewens uit te oefen nie. Ja, daar kan soveel as net twee of drie bymekaar wees om die Woord van die Here te ontvang, maar nooit is die Gawe ‘n persoonlike Gawe nie, maar dit is altyd deur ‘n persoon vir die gemeente. Die Gawes van die Heilige Gees sal die Waarheid Verlig, Hy sal altyd onder alle omstandighede die Here Jesus Christus Verheerlik. (Die Woord het Vlees geword) Die Heilige Gees sal op ‘n bonatuurlike wyse die Woord van die Here aan die gemeente openbaar, Hy is ‘n Woord van Kennis. Die persoonlike toepassing van ‘n boodskap is 'n persoonlike verantwoordelikheid.

Die Here sê kom nou, (op hierdie oomblik) dat ons die saak uitmaak. (Jes. 1:18a)

Moet nie toelaat dat u deur valse leerstellings mislei word nie, maar weet dit dat die Wil van God ook vir u is. Die Ware Gawe van onderskeiding, of ‘n Woord van Kennis maak ‘n absolute skeiding tussen dit wat waaragtig en opreg en dit wat vals is.

In ‘n Gees vervulde gemeente sal die pastoor of die leier weet van enige probleme in sy gemeente en ook wat hulle nodig het sodra dit begin ontwikkel. Die Woord van die Here sê ons moet mekaar se laste dra, en ons liefde vir mekaar sal hierdie dinge openbaar. Die Heilige Gees sal ons volgens die riglyne van die Woord dra, deur of teregwysing, onderwysing, lering, belydenis en bekering??dit is die Werk van die Heilige Gees, en onthou, die Skrifte is die Vlees van die Here Jesus, Hy alleen word verheerlik.

In ‘n gemeente sal daar ‘n senior pastoor en ook ondergeskiktes wees om sy laste ligter te maak, maar almal moet hulle persoonlik onderwerp aan die Wil van God omdat die Here Jesus die Hoof van die Gemeente is, en ook omdat die Gawes van die Heilige Gees en die Liggaam van Christus onafskeidbaar is, die Gemeente s 'n Eenheid in die Gees. Hallulujah!! Wat ‘n heerlike plek van gemeenskap vir die kinders en dissipels van God. Prys U Heilige Naam!

Die Gebedstaal misleiding

Een van die sleutel misleidings van die Charismatiese Golf (New Wave) is iets wat hulle ‘n Gebedstaal noem, maar soos wat dit is met enige misleiding, is dit ‘n Bybelse Waarheid in om in die Gees te kan bid. (Daar is altyd regte kaas in 'n muisval)

Paulus skrywe in sy Brief aan die Korinte: “Want as ek in 'n taal bid, dan bid my gees, maar my verstand is onvrugbaar. Hoe staan die saak dan? Ek sal met die gees bid, maar ek sal ook met die verstand bid. Ek sal met die gees psalmsing, maar ek sal ook met die verstand psalmsing”. (1Kor.14:14?15) Judas praat ook van hierdie Waarheid: “Maar julle, geliefdes, moet julleself opbou in jul allerheiligste geloof en in die Heilige Gees bid.” (Jud.1:20)

Ons moet ook kyk na wat Paulus aan die kerk van Rome gesê het. Hierdie is ‘n kragtige boodskap wat vir ons die Krag van die Heilige Gees in ‘n gelowige uitbeeld. “En net so kom ook die Gees ons swakhede te

hulp, want ons weet nie reg wat ons moet bid nie, maar die Gees self tree vir ons in met onuitspreeklike sugtinge. En Hy wat die harte deursoek, weet wat die bedoeling van die Gees is, omdat Hy ooreenkomstig die wil van God vir die heiliges intree. (Rom.8:26?27)

Ons moet verstaan dat daar ‘n groot waarheid is om in die Heilige Gees te kan bid. Die verskil tussen die Charismatiese misleiding en dit wat die Woord van die Here leer kan egter baie maklik uitgewys word. In die Woord van die Here is die Heilige Gees absoluut Verhewe en Heilig wanneer Hy die Woord van die Here aan ‘n Heilige Gees vervulde gelowige gee. Die mens kan onder geen omstandighede deur sy of haar eie wil, deur die Heilige Gees bid nie!

In die Charismatiese wêreld word die Heiligheid van die Heilige Gees omseil en die hele idee word niks anders as ‘n sielskrag gebabbel nie. Net die wete dat iemand ter eniger tyd kan kies om in die Gees te bid is totaal ondenkbaar en dit is vals. God laat Hom nie manipuleer nie, en so sien ons dat hierdie mense wil voorgee dat hulle die Heilige Gees te eniger tyd kan gebied tot hulle voordeel, hulle speel God. Dit is vals en ondenkbaar maar dit is wat mense vandag wil voorgee! Die mens wat homself wil verhef bo die Godheid! Alle werke en manifestasies in die bediening van die Heilige Gees is absoluut Heilig en die Wil van God, en nie deur die wil van ‘n mens nie. “??want geen profesie is ooit deur die wil van 'n mens voortgebring nie, maar, deur die Heilige Gees gedrywe, het die heilige mense van God gespreek”. (2Pet.1:21) “En toe die dag van die pinksterfees aangebreek het, was hulle almal eendragtig bymekaar. En daar kom skielik uit die hemel 'n geluid soos van 'n geweldige rukwind, en dit het die hele huis gevul waar hulle gesit het. Toe is deur hulle tonge gesien soos van vuur, wat hulleself verdeel en op elkeen van hulle gaan sit. En hulle is almal vervul met die Heilige Gees en het begin spreek in ander tale, soos die Gees aan hulle gegee het om uit te spreek”. (Hand.2:1?4)

Hier sien ons dat elke stukkie getuienis van die uitstorting van die Heilige Gees absoluut net deur die Wil van God, en deur die Heilige Gees plaasgevind het. Die manne en vroue wat hier saam op die Koms van die Heilige Gees gewag het was net die werktuie waardeur God deur die Krag van die Heilige Gees, Jesus Christus aan die ongereddes geopenbaar het. Alle Geestelike Gawes is Gawes van die Heilige Gees en nie gawes van die heiliges nie. Hierdie is Geestelike Gawes soos wat die woord dit vir ons uitspel, en nie vleeslike gawes nie.

Ons is natuurlike skepsels totdat ons volgens die Wil van God deur die Heilige Gees gesalf word. Ons geestelike lewe na ons wedergebore word geskik deur die Geestelike Werke en Gawes van die Gees van God en nie volgens ons wil nie, maar volgens die Wil van God. Om in ander tale te praat is maar een van die Gawes.

Wanneer u hoor dat mense hulle Gebedstaal gebruik dan moet u weet dit is vals en kragteloos, en dit is niks anders as ‘n gebabbel nie, en al resultate wat deur dit verkry kan word is ‘n geestelike hoogmoed by die gebruikers daarvan en dit is geestelike misleiding.

Valse geestelike ondervindings ontwikkel ‘n valse godsdienstige gees in almal wat verbonde is aan 'n persoon, plek of kerk waar dit verkondig word. Hoe dieper ‘n persoon betrokke raak in hierdie soort mistieke manifestasies, hoe meer raak hy of sy gebonde aan allerhande soorte vreemde openbarings.

Een van die vroeë misleidings was juis die vreemde gebedstaal, manifestasie en die resultaat daarvan is geeste van slange, geestelike dronkenskap, vervalste leerstellings en ‘n beweging wat gedryf word deur die wilde wêreld van duiwels. Die Woord van die Here leer: “En net so kom ook die Gees ons swakhede te hulp, want ons weet nie reg wat ons moet bid nie, maar die Gees self tree vir ons in met onuitspreeklike sugtinge. En Hy wat die harte deursoek, weet wat die bedoeling van die Gees is, omdat Hy ooreenkomstig die wil van God vir die heiliges intree.” (Rom.8:26?27)

Die Werke van die Heilige Gees is wanneer Hy ons gees en lippe gebruik om woorde tot ons Hemelse Vader te spreek. Om nou enigsins te dink dat hierdie Krag deur die vlees gemanipuleer kan word is totaal ondenkbaar en absoluut teenstrydig met die instellings van God. Dit kan of die werk van die Heilige Gees, of dit kan deur sielskrag wees wat ook die werke van die bose kan wees, dieselfde as die gebabbel van ‘n toordokter. Om in die wee van die Here Jesus te wandel moet ons alle leerstelling wat nie volgens die Woord van die Here is nie verwerp.

Bonatuurlike gebede (Tower spreuke wat gesien word as gebede)

Hierdie nuwe benadering tot gebed in die moderne kerke is niks anders as tower spreuke en Vodo kuns grepe nie. Bonatuurlike kragte is beskikbaar vir enige persoon wat sy siel wil verkoop aan hierdie misleidings wat in die Adams natuur werk. Ons is almal geestelike skepsels en daar is kragte in ons wat ons kan gebruik om ons oortegee aan die Wil van God of om ons onderdanig te maak aan die magte van die Bose.

“Wees nugter en waaksaam, want julle teëstander, die duiwel, loop rond soos 'n brullende leeu, en soek wie hy kan verslind”. (1Pet.5:8)

Terwyl God Homself manifesteer in ons menslike gees, manifesteer Satan en sy demone hulleself in die siel van die mens. Satan hou daarvan om mense se sielskrag te gebruik om sodoende die Here Jesus se Liggaam, die kerk, te mislei. Die meerderheid van Christene verstaan nie hierdie aanval tegniek van Satan nie en daarom het hulle baie min of geen verdediging daarteen. Die moderne Charismatiese gebed styl wat geopenbaar word in bewegings soos die Toronto en Pensacola tipe Charismatiese kerke, is niks anders as ‘n bonatuurlike misleiding nie. Die vraag is, bestaan daar sulke magte? Ja, absoluut! Kry hulle resultate? Ja, absoluut! maar wat se soort resultate? Die bonatuurlike resultate wat hulle verkry is nie die bekering en wedergeboorte ondervinding tot Die Here Jesus Christus nie, nee, dit is ‘n bonatuurlike verandering tot ‘n valse Jesus wat homself vermom as ons Here Jesus Christus. (Hy sal kom soos die Engel van die Lig)

Hierdie groepe is uiters militant, en enige iemand wat hulle teëstaan word met vloeke en oordele verdoem. Dit is die eerste teken dat hulle benadering tot gebed vals is. Gebed riglyne in enige van ons gebed benaderings is volgens die Woord van God en ‘n totale onderwerping aan die Wil van God.

Wanneer ons tot God nader in gebed het ons nie nodig om ons weg tot Hom oop te forseer nie omdat ons geloof in ‘n Alleen Heilige God is. Ons het ook nie nodig om te probeer om ons eie gebede te beantwoord nie omdat ons op Hom alleen vertrou.

Die god van die bonatuurlike gebed is glad en geheel nie God Almagtig nie, hierdie is ‘n god met doelwitte van versoekings en misleidings.

Hierdie sielskragte gebruik bonatuurlike kragte om hulle eie antwoorde te bewerkstellig. Hulle verkry resultate ja, maar soos wat dit in alle bonatuurlike wêrelde is, is hulle antwoorde altyd so dubbelsinnig dat dit altyd terug verwys word na die persoon self, jy moet op jouself vertrou! Judas beskryf hierdie dinge in sy Brief soos volg: “Wee hulle, want hulle het die weg van Kain bewandel en om loon hulleself in die verleiding van Bíleam gestort en in die verset van Korag omgekom. Hulle is skandvlekke in julle liefde maaltye, wat sonder vrees saam fees hou en hulleself voer, waterlose wolke deur winde rond gedrywe, bome in die nasomer, wat sonder vrugte is, twee maal gestorwe, ontworteld; woeste golwe van die see wat hulle eie skandes laat opskuim, dwaalsterre vir wie die donkerheid van die duisternis vir ewig bewaar word.” (Judas 11?13) Bonatuurlike gebede soos in die Toronto en Pensacola bewegings word gebruik om diegene wat hulle teëstaan aan te val en te veroordeel deur bonatuurlike kragte, en so word baie mense deur vrees geforseer om by hierdie bewegings aan te sluit.

Baie mense het al getuig van hierdie vreemde onderdrukkende bose kragte wat hulle ondervind het wanneer hulle hierdie leerstellings teëgestaan het. Die apostel Paulus was bewus van hierdie magte en hy het hulle direk teëgestaan. In Efesiërs skrywe Paulus: “Trek die volle wapenrusting van God aan, sodat julle staande kan bly teen die liste van die duiwel. Want ons worstelstryd is nie teen vlees en bloed nie, maar teen die owerhede, teen die magte, teen die wêreldheersers van die duisternis van hierdie eeu, teen die bose geeste in die lug”. (Ef.6:11?12)

Let op, Paulus noem hierdie magte “Bose geeste” Die woord wat hier vir gees gebruik word, het ‘n ander betekenis as die positiewe idee van geeste. Hier beteken dit iets soos ‘n man wat regeer deur sy sondige natuur, in ‘n geestelike status.

Die woord bose beteken iemand wat sy uiterste bose magte gebruik om ander se lewens te vernietig of aan te tas. Hier het ons dan ‘n duidelike beeld van die bonatuurlike magte wat uitgestuur word om mense teen hulle wil aan te val en seer te maak. Dit is niks anders as om ‘n tower spreuk oor iemand se lewe uit te spreek nie, wat ook dieselfde is as om Vodo magte te gebruik. Die enigste manier om hierdie bose magte te weerstaan is om ons geloof in die Hande van die Here Jesus Christus te plaas, want net deur Sy Bloed is daar vir ons verlossing. Satan kan hierdie Bloedgrens nie oorsteek nie. Satan kan vurige pyle van vrees en twyfel en verdrukking op u afstuur, maar as u agter die Skild van die Here Jesus skuil sal hierdie pyle kragteloos wees. Moet hulle nie terug antwoord of terug baklei nie, maar gaan aan en sing lofprysing liedere en wag op die Here, Hy sal die stryd vir u stry. Onthou die staf van Moses het baie vinnig die staf van die towenaars in Egipte verslind. Dit het nog nooit verander nie en ons Hemelse Vader hou nog steeds wag oor die wat aan Hom behoort.

Charismatiese aanbidding.

Om met die Heilige Gees vervul te word is ‘n baie bekende term wat in die Nuwe Testament gebruik word, veral in die Boek Handelinge. Op Pinkster dag is almal wat op die Here gewag het vervul met die Heilige Gees, en Petrus het later op hierdie dag gesê: “?? en julle sal die gawe van die Heilige Gees

ontvang. Want die belofte kom julle toe en julle kinders en almal wat daar ver is, die wat die Here onse God na Hom sal roep”. (Hand.2:38?39)

Die duiwel het hierdie wonderlike gebeurtenis vervals en deur dit het baie pragtige mense vandag die manifestasie van die Heilige Gees begin verwerp. Maar let maar op dat met elke herlewing wat in die kerk geskiedenis plaasgevind het kan hierdie Wonderlike Werke van die Heilige Gees waargeneem word. Die van ons huidige Charismatiese en Pinkster herlewings lê baie klem op die vervulling van die Heilige Gees, maar die ondervindings wat hulle promoveer gaan meer oor dinge soos dronk in die gees en baie ander fanatiese optredes as wat dit gaan oor die Persoon van die Heilige Gees! Baie Pinkster en ander kerke is besig om die Bybelse Riglyne te verruil hierdie vervalsings.

Bose besetting teenoor Godelike heersing

Satan wil mense se lewens in ‘n totale gebondenheid oorheers sodat hy hulle wil kan beheer.

Die Heilige Gees kom na ons toe om die Goddelike Heersing van die Here Jesus in ons lewens te openbaar. Satan wil die mens se emosies beheer en sal ook die vlees vertroetel met hoendervleis en wilde onbeheerbare plesier. Die Heilige Gees is ‘n Kuiergas in ons huise, Hy dwing Homself nie op ons af nie en Hy sal ons altyd in alle eerlikheid en opregtheid deur die Waarheid inspireer tot Lofprysing en Aanbidding van ons Hemelse Vader. Hy Verheerlik Homself nie, maar Hy sal altyd die Here Jesus deur die Skrifte verheerlik. Ons Hemelse Vader wil ons Salf en inspireer tot Redding, terwyl Satan almal wil oorheers in gebondenheid.

Satan is ‘n Besetter.

As ‘n persoon duiwelbesete raak en onder beheer kom van iets wat onnatuurlike manifestasies veroorsaak dan is daar iets drasties verkeerd. Satan bied die mensdom nagemaakte vervalsings aan om hulle weg te hou van die Heilige Werke van God. Enige gees wat u dinge laat doen buite die riglyne van die Woord van die Here moet verwerp word. So is daar byvoorbeeld op geen plek in die Bybel vir ons opgeteken dat mense in die Nuwe Testamentiese Kerk soos dronkaards opgetree het nie.

Hulle wil dit beweer uit die Boek van Handelinge, maar u moet oplet dat diegene wat op hierdie groot dag deur die Heilige Gees gedoop is, baie meer intelligenter opgetree as die omstanders, en nie minder intelligenter nie. Onthou dat die Jode totaal verbaas was omdat die Gees vervulde Galasiërs die Groot Dade van God aan hulle verkondig het in tale wat hulle nooit geleer het nie. Die Heilige Gees sal die Here Jesus Christus te alle tye Verheerlik en nie mense nie. “En die geeste van die profete is aan die profete onderworpe”(1Kor.14:32)

Op Pinkster dag het 120 dissipels in ander tale begin praat soos wat hulle dit deur die Heilige Gees ontvang het. As die Heilige Gees ‘n Geëerde Genooide Gas in ons huise is, dan doen ons wat Hy verlang elke keer as Hy ons aanraak. Ons word belet om ordeloos en onbeheers op te tree. Hy beveel die kerk in 1Kor14:40: “Laat alles welvoeglik en ordelik toegaan.”

Bybels gerigte Pinkster is ‘n baie Kragvolle Gesalfde ordelike bediening wat siele vir die Koninkryk van Jesus kan wen, maar hierdie Charismatiese opvoerings wat ons vandag sien is niks ander as ‘n Nuwe Wêreld Orde wat onder die gesag van Satan staan.

Die Charismatiese gees.

Vandag het ‘n totale nuwe metodiese manier van godsdiens die kerke wêreld oorgeneem wat wil voorkom asof dit waar en opreg is en dit mag ook voorkom asof die gemeentelede dit eerlik en opreg bedoel, maar iets baie belangrik is weg.

Die mensheid is ‘n skeppings wonder in ‘n drie eenheid wat bestaan uit liggaam siel en gees. Die gees in hierdie drie eenheid samestelling is die Lewe van God, en dit is die enigste Goue Draad waardeur ons, ons Hemelse Vader kan Loof en Prys. In ‘n ongeredde persoon, ‘n persoon wat nog nie wedergebore is nie, is hierdie Lewens Weg van God dood en kan 'n persoon net herlewe as hy / sy Krag van die Gees van God ontvang wat by wedergeboorte plaasvind. Die siel van die mens is ook instaat tot ‘n sekere godsdienstige aanbidding, maar dit is ‘n valse weergawe omdat dit afkomstig is van ons gevalle natuur wat ook genoem word die Adam natuur. In hierdie realm van ons lewens kan die okkulte sy aktiwiteite laat lewe soos wat ons dit kan vind in die lewe van hekse en waarsêers en ook in die lewens van persone wat betrokke is met bose geeste. Alle valse godsdienste word bedryf deur die sielskrag realm van die mens. Die offers van ‘n sielskrag godsdiens is totaal onaanvaarbaar vir die Here en Hy sal hierdie offers net so verwerp soos die van Kain.?? “En Abel het ook van die eersgeborenes van sy kleinvee gebring, naamlik van hulle vet. En die HERE het Abel en sy offer genadig aangesien, maar Kain en sy offer nie aangesien nie. Toe word Kain baie kwaad, en hy het sy hoof laat hang”.(Gen.4:4?5) Hierdie valse godsdiens het vandag se Charismatiese kerke wêreld totaal oorgeneem en dit word by die dag ook meer en meer aanvaarbaar in die ander hoofstroom kerke, dit is die godsdiens van die tyd.

Baie van hierdie kerke het normaalweg twee dienste, een kontemporêre diens, met ander woorde ‘n diens vir die nuwerwetse denkes, en dan ‘n tradisionele diens, met ander woorde ‘n diens vir die ouer garde. Gewoonlik is daar geen beperking op die soort musiek, kleredrag en verhoog style nie, alles is vry?

? kom net soos wat jy wil. Dit is niks anders as om die natuurlike mens vry te stel om God / god te nader in ‘n sielskrag atmosfeer soos wat hy of sy wil. Met ander woorde, ek kan ook doen en sê wat ek wil, daar kan chaos en totale wanorde heers en dit sal ook aanvaarbaar wees. As ‘n kerk hierdie rigting begin inslaan dan word Bybelse Waarhede en standaarde ‘n groot probleem, en die basiese ding wat gaan gebeur is dat hulle die riglyne van die Woord eenkant toe sal begin skuif en dan sal u hoor soos wat hulle dan sê:??God is besig om nuwe dinge te doen! In sommige kerke wat nog ‘n sekere mate van ‘n Teologiese orde wil behou, sal daar ‘n uitgangspunt wees van: “Die doel heilig die middele??ons het nou eindelik weer die X generasie terug in ons kerk.” Hierdie tipe godsdiens verskil van tradisie tot tradisie en die Charismatiese bewegings is maar een soort.

Kom ons kyk eers na die opregte Pinkster aanbidding.

Die spreek in tale in ‘n klasieke Pinkster gemeente is ‘n pragtige gesig, en geen persoon kan ter eniger tyd woorde deur die Gees spreek nie want so ‘n persoon moet absoluut heilig en nederig voor God deur Geloof, opregtheid en getrouheid wandel.

Gelowiges wat deur die Gees van God wandel kan net Woorde van God spreek as die Gees van God dit toelaat. (Hand.2:1?4) Om ordeloos te kere te gaan is totaal onaanvaarbaar. Skriftuurlike Boodskappe deur die Heilige Gees moet Skriftuurlik verklaar word, en die orde van hierdie dinge is vir ons deur die

Heilige Gees deur Paulus opgeteken in 1Korinte 14. Wanneer die gemeente in Gees en Waarheid met hande omhoog ordelik die Here loof en prys sal dit nie wees soos heidene en guru aanbidders wat in waansin te kere gaan nie. God sal nooit ons verstand omseil nie! Mense wat in ‘n verrukking van die Gees van God gekom het, het wonderbare dinge van God gehoor en gesien en tot eer en verheerliking van God Almagtig getuig, dinge wat tot stigting van die Gemeente van die Seun van God sal wees.

Die Charismatiese beweging is totaal verskillend. Die aanbidders kom voor asof hulle totaal onder ‘n beswyming verval het, hulle slinger verstandeloos rond met oë wat omdop terwyl hulle deurmekaar babbel met gesig uitdrukkings wat wil voorkom asof hulle in 'n totale ekstase verkeer. Hulle spring en rol rond, doen mat diens, gil en skree soos mense in ‘n gestig. Baie van hulle kom in ‘n staat van rukkings en stuiptrekkings met skuim om hulle monde wat vir ure kan aangaan. Net so met die onbeheerste gelag waar sommiges hulleself benat! Een van die karaktertrekke van hierdie manifestasie is dat mense so swaar word dat hulle nie kan opstaan nie, en somtyds kan twee of drie persone hulle nie eens optel nie. Sommiges manifesteer die geboorte proses. Dit is sekerlik moontlik vir ‘n opregte gelowiges om in die sielskrag realm mislei te word maar die Here verwag van ons om al die geeste op die proef te stel en as hulle tot die waarheid kom moet hulle uit hierdie bewegings padgee en hulle sondes bely tot vergifnis. Verskillende vlakke van hierdie soort aanbidding kan van tradisie tot tradisie verskil, maar almal van hulle word gedryf deur een of ander Oosterse mistieke gees, en nooit maar nooit is dit die Werke van die Heilige Gees nie. Die Heilige Gees verlaat nooit die riglyne van die Woord van God nie, en as die Heilige Gees die Groot Dade van God laat manifesteer sal dit absoluut volgens die riglyne van die Bybel wees. Die Here Jesus sê baie duidelik ons moet Hom in Gees en Waarheid aanbid. “Die vrou sê vir Hom: Here, ek sien dat U 'n profeet is. Ons vaders het op hierdie berg aanbid, en julle sê dat die plek waar ons behoort te aanbid, in Jerusalem is. Jesus sê vir haar: Vrou, glo My, daar kom 'n uur wanneer julle nie op hierdie berg en ook nie in Jerusalem die Vader sal aanbid nie. Julle aanbid wat julle nie weet nie; ons aanbid wat ons weet, want die saligheid is uit die Jode. Maar daar kom 'n uur, en dit is nou, wanneer die ware aanbidders die Vader in gees en waarheid sal aanbid; want die Vader soek ook mense wat Hom só aanbid. God is Gees; en die wat Hom aanbid, moet in gees en waarheid aanbid”. (Joh.4:19?24)

Hierdie twee elemente is absoluut wanneer ons voor God verskyn. Sielskrag aanbidding deur ongeredde mense sal verwerp word net soos met die offer van Kain. Wêreldse onrein offers kan nie voor God gebring word nie, en net so kan die mens wat die Bybelse Waarheid verruil het vir ‘n pot lensie sop nie voor die Aller Heiligste verskyn nie. Toneelspelers en akteurs kan geen mens in die realm van die Heilige Gees in lei nie, dit is absoluut die Wil van God.

God het alreeds die meerderheid van hierdie sielskrag aanbidders verwerp, maar nog steeds ontvang en seën Hy die nederige siel wat aan die Voete van sy Messias kom sit en tot Hom kom met ‘n eerlike en ‘n opregte hart van ootmoediging. Dit is aan hierdie siel wat onse Here Sy Heilige Gees skenk tot vernuwing, want: “Die Gees self getuig saam met ons gees dat ons kinders van God is”. (Rom.8:16) Deur hierdie groot Genade kan ons tot God nader.

“Laat ons dan met vrymoedigheid na die troon van die genade gaan, sodat ons barmhartigheid kan verkry en genade vind om op die regte tyd gehelp te word”. (Hebr.4:16)

Daar is ‘n weg wat vir die mens reg lyk, maar dit is die wee van die dood. †††

B.C. / Moriel / Brother Joseph Chambers / Charismatic False Teachings / 02/2000

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Circling the Wagons

By David Passmore • July 14, 2026

Circling the wagons Ruben Rothler LLB, LLM Israel is a society riddled with tension and division. It is sociologically, if not politically miraculous that a country drawing Jews from all over the world is able to exist at all. The army affords a degree of integration as a melting pot. But this is only a marginal source of national unity in the overall scheme of things. More so are the myriads of external threats that face this small country. In the former generation the Ashkenazi (Jews of European descent) - Sephardic (Jews of Oriental descent) divide was far more pronounced. The dominant Ashkenazi establishment held the reins of political and economic power which was resented by the Sephardim. However, due to a combination of inter-marriage and political accommodation much of the chasm that separated these distinct groups was forged. Menachem Begin (an Ashkenazi politician) in 1970 successfully ran on the Likud Party ticket with a campaign that brought Sephardic Jews under his conservative political umbrella. Later the immigration of Russian Jews following the end of Communism would add a whole new dimension to the Israeli demographic milieu. The younger generation of these immigrants tended to adapt well to Israeli society and contributed much to the economy. The wider division in Israeli society that crosses ethnic lines concerns that between religious and secular Jews. This can be further bifurcated to the clash between the secular and specifically ultra-orthodox Jews (Haredim) as distinguished from the national religious Jews (Dati Leumi). The Secular and the Religious generally part on what they envisage a Jewish State to entail. Religious Jews desire the State to strictly adhere to the stipulations of Jewish Law (Halacha), while at present Halakhic influence is largely limited to certain areas of Family Law concerning Jewish citizens. Wider considerations of promoting a socially conservative political agenda would also be forefront amongst the religious mindset broadly. Secular Jews view the imposition of such proposed measures as a serious infringement of their civil rights. With regard to the Haredim, the bone of contention looms larger, in that this group is fundamentally opposed to participating in society at large. This is acutely manifested in diminished contribution to the work force and a refusal to be conscripted into the army. The 2023 judicial reform protests posed a significant threat to social civil order. The nation appeared to be bitterly divided into two opposing camps. This split reflected broader divisions concerning visions of how the country should be governed. The judicial reforms would have weakened the Supreme Court's ability to render the Executive branch accountable. However, the Supreme Court was also accused of using its considerable powers to promote a socially liberal agenda. Left wing secular Israelis tended to oppose the proposed reforms while those on the right (which included the majority of Religious Jews) supported the reforms. Every weekend droves of protesters were brought onto the streets causing major disturbances to traffic. The polarising nature of this impasse threatened the future of Israeli democracy. It was the October 7th attack that brought a swift end to this public debate and civil strife. The nation instinctually united in response to this common existential threat. The judicial reforms were shelved for a future point when the urgent security threats subsided. However, as the war dragged on the enduring issue of Haredi refusal to conscript into the army became more pronounced. Mounting casualties combined with ever increasing manpower demands to field troops on the multiple theatres of action on which the IDF is engaged has depleted the ranks, and the army is now in much need of fresh conscripts. Haredi belligerent refusal to participate in the pressing national defence has escalated from being a political debate to a matter of very practical vital importance. Overall we can observe that the challenges to national unity in successive generations since the establishment of Israel has recurrently been ameliorated by the common necessity of defence towards outside threats. Most recently we can see this happening with regard to the global anti Semitism and anti-Zionism that has been raging since the October 7th atrocities. These hostile attitudes have paradoxically acted as a force which promotes nationalism and a sense of national cohesion in Israel that otherwise might not functionally exist. (Author is an Israeli American lawyer academically qualified in British and in U.S.A. law, and a graduate of the School of Oriental & African Studies, London. He is a Jewish believer in Jesus and is currently based in Israel).

A Divided Nation

By David Passmore • July 8, 2026

A Divided Nation Rubin Rothler LLB, LLM The Haredi community has had a complicated, paradoxical relationship with the State since its founding. Rooted in a Talmudic precept that the Jews are forbidden to resettle the land of Israel en masse by force before the coming of the Messiah, the secular democratic State of Israel presents itself as blasphemous by its mere existence. Yet due to practical considerations such as the need to obtain funding for its religious academies the Haredi leadership reached a settlement with the State's founders that exempted Haredi men from being conscripted for military service. This was at a time when the Haredi population in Israel was relatively small. Over the past decades this demographic ballooned until the point that soon the majority of Jewish children in Israel will be born into Haredi families. Such a situation is clearly unsustainable. Recently the Knesset's (Parliament's) Haredi parties have pressured their coalition partners in government to codify Torah Study as part of the Country's Basic Laws. This was purposefully done to elevate the status of their institutions to be on parity with service in the IDF. Israel is yet to promulgate a written Constitution, so legislation classed as a Basic Law holds Constitutional status for all intents and purposes. These moves by the religious parties represent a back door power grab to enshrine in law very significant hurdles to prevent the enlistment of Haredi men. The burden of Israel's defence is comparatively massive for a country its size and it is vastly disproportionately shouldered by the secular population. Until now there have been political initiatives to conscript the Haredim. But given the huge manpower shortages emerging in the wake of near continual conflict on multiple fronts since the events of October 7th this matter has become urgent and not merely a theoretical discussion of what is fair and equitable. It is important to draw a distinction between the Haredim and national religious Jews (Dati Leumi). The Haredim adhere to a lifestyle entirely committed to observance of Jewish Law and Talmudic study. This is embraced to the exclusion of gainful employment and participation in wider society. They are either outrightly opposed to Zionism or consider themselves non-Zionist. Conversely, followers of the national religious movement in Israel although being observant of Jewish law and learning would alongside this pursue secular professions. Furthermore, they are ardently Zionist and disproportionately serve in IDF combat units. This is often done within the framework of a program called Hesder Yeshiva that combines religious learning with military service. Efforts to cater a similar model for accommodating Haredi participation in the IDF have so far failed to make substantial gains. Such measures designed to override Haredi objections to service based upon modesty concerns by strict segregation of the sexes in these specially formed units have failed to appease the Haredi leadership. For them, any form of military service is considered a dereliction of their duty to fully devote themselves to a Torah lifestyle. They argue that their Talmudic learning and prayers are in itself a form of national service and act to protect the Jewish people spiritually from enemy attack. It is as if two parallel societies exist within Israel. And the trajectory of separation between the two is only growing. The Haredim are cloistered away in their Yeshivas, immersed in lives devoted to adhering to the stipulations of Jewish law. While the particulars of actually running the State is left to the Secular. The Haredim desire all the benefits of subsidizing their lifestyle without contributing to society. What we really have going on here at source is two profoundly different and opposing ideological visions of what is important in life and what is the purpose of a Jewish State. At the State's founding these divergent perspectives were more manageable. Ben Gurion only had to contend with one religious party –the National Religious Party. Later in 1970 Begin aligned with the NRP to form a coalition government that also brought Sephardic Jews under the Likud umbrella which had the effect of bringing unity to the country by bridging the Ashkenazi-Sephardi divide. However, over time Israeli politics has seen a proliferation of religious parties, gaining further leverage as king brokers in forming governments due to the proportionate representation voting system which secular Israelis not uncommonly view as political blackmail. (Author is an Israeli American lawyer academically qualified in British and in U.S.A. law, and a graduate of the School of Oriental & African Studies, London. He is a Jewish believer in Jesus and is currently based in Israel).

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Disclosure - A Christian response

By David Passmore • June 22, 2026

THE CAPTION AT THE HEAD OF THE POSTER IMAGE FOR THE MOVIE ‘DISCLOSURE DAY’ BOLDLY DECLARES ‘WE DESERVE TO KNOW’ Indeed, we do need to know the truth. But will we find it in Stephen Spielberg’s new movie ‘Disclosure Day’? Could it just as well be entitled ‘DECEPTION DAY’? In an interview with USA Today Spielberg says that evidence of non-human contact has become “overwhelming” to him. He has suggested that his film could raise significant theological questions for Christians. But will it? For us Christians - No, not on our watch! The movie raises no questions for those who accept the proven accuracy of God’s Word, the Bible. The film, which is capturing the imagination of the public, only confirms exactly what scripture tells us about what are in fact extra-dimensional beings. ALIENS OR FALLEN ANGELS? God inhabits the heavenly realm along with a vast array of angels. Because Lucifer, a created angel, wanted to usurp God as ruler of the universe, he was expelled to another realm outside of our time and space, along with one third of the angels who rebelled with him. These fallen angels manifest themselves as demons who can appear on earth and disappear at will. Spiritual hosts of wickedness exist in heavenly places, wherever this realm is, it is not the place where God dwells. ARE ALIENS BENEVOLENT? In the movie, the ‘aliens’ are portrayed as friendly beings who want to help mankind in a time of crisis. If the aliens are really demons, not visitors from outer space, this is a dangerous delusion. Whitley Striber in his book ‘Communion’ writes on encountering ‘aliens’; ‘I felt an indescribable sense of menace. Whatever was there seemed so monstrously ugly, so filthy, so dark and sinister. Of course they were demons. They have to be.’ Many others have reported similar malevolent experiences. During the movie, Daniel claims to have had an encounter with extra-terrestrials during which he received a special gift of empathy, which is regarded by him as the ultimate superpower. However, there is only One who completely understands our human frailty. We read this concerning Jesus: ‘For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathise with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are - yet he did not sin.’ (Hebrews 4 v 15). Jesus said: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11 v 28) END TIMES DECEPTION Before he was crucified, Jesus warned his disciples about these last days in which we are living. The first words he used in this context were: “Watch no one deceives you. For many will come in my name saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.” Deception was top of the list! Later, the Apostle Paul wrote about these days: ‘The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.’ (2 Thessalonians 2 v 9) Have you received the love of the truth? Have you received Jesus who is the way, the truth and the life? If not, you are in great danger. Perilous times are here and they are only going to get worse as man turns more and more away from his maker. Things will only change when Jesus returns soon to establish his own Kingdom on earth, where justice and peace will rule. JESUS, OUR ONLY HOPE! The Bible says all human beings are sinners. The message of Jesus is simple; repent and believe the good news, that God wants humanity, his highest creation, to be reestablished in relationship with him. His plan was simple: to give his life in unconditional love for every human being that has and ever will live, by shedding his blood on a Roman cross. In doing this, we can receive forgiveness of sins. Our old life will then be buried with him, giving us new life with the hope of an eternal future of true peace, love and joy, with freedom from pain and tears. Why ignore such a great gift of salvation? If you do, your fate will be sealed for eternity in hell, which is a real place without God, and thus without love, to face only eternal consequences of punishment. We condemn ourselves to such a fate. REPENT AND BELIEVE THE GOSPEL BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE! Jesus loves you and asks that you repent and believe in him. It would be the best and safest decision of your life! If you commit your life to him, he will give you a new heart, you will be a new person inside. You will also gain a new desire for all that is right and true. And his Holy Spirit will give you an ability to discern the lies of the age we are living in. ‘For God so loved the world, that he gave us his only son, that whosoever believes in him, will not perish, but have eternal life.’ (John 3:16) FINALLY, A RECOMMENDATION All that is described in this leaflet has been open, in the light for millennia. On the other hand, the theory of extra-terrestrial life has been hidden in darkness, awaiting ‘Disclosure Day’. Which would you prefer to believe, the Word of God, or the word of Stephen Spielberg? I made my choice years ago, and have never regretted it! If this message has spoken to you, just call upon Jesus in a short prayer. Confess to him that you are a sinner in need of salvation. Ask him in sincerity to forgive you and to fill you with his Holy Spirit. You will then become what the Bible describes as being ‘born again’. (John 3 v 7) Then you need to seek a Bible believing church where you can be baptised and become part of a group of believers who can help you get to know Jesus more and more fully. “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8 v 32)

Prayer request for Teerth Sond

By David Passmore • June 20, 2026

Prayer request for Teerth Sond Petitioned Prayer-Supplication/Personal Prayer/ Collective Prayer/Thanks Giving Prayer Our Dear brethren in Yeshua, my family & myself Teerth request your prayers in The Spirit that the latest drugs Ramicirumab & Pacilitaxel will destroy the cancer cell in the Authority Of The Lord Yeshua in The Power of The Holy Spirit. Targeted Petition: Please stand with us in prayer & fasting; The Lord will target the 2cm legion & that it will be cast out of my Liver in the love (agape), compassion, kindness, grace, mercy of God. I do not deserve it because of me- but By His Stripes we are healed for His Glory. This will allow the main operation to go ahead (which should have been done 18 months ago). Step by Step in the leading of The Holy Spirit and the in the Lord Step by Step, as our beautiful sister Beryl said, has worked on my Spiritual man- thank you Lord for waking me up. Lord raise me up for your glory forever because of your love to me, the family & fellowship- an unworthy sinner saved by your grace & love. Email sent to my Oncologist & my Local MP: Greetings Natasha & Dr Mano Joseph Hope All Is Well Thank you for our meeting today. At our meeting we discussed my MRI & CT scans which were done in May 2026. We discussed the operation on my oesophagus which I believe is the best option. (This should have been done 18 months ago). My Kidney operation will be done- non evasive- Lord willing within the next month. Will you be talking to Mr Chacravaty about this? The liver must be targeted first- this is wisdom and the latest radiotherapy treatments available- proton therapy-radiotherapy atezolizumab and bevacizumab sorafenib lenvatinib regorafenib cabozantinib durvalumab and tremelimumab At the meeting we discussed the next CT & MRI scans to be held end off July. Wouldn't it be to better to have them in August so by then I've had 4 full treatments on the latest medication. Also we have Zolbetuximab on compassionate usage- all glory to The Lord. After all the past wrongs I have no doubt now Dr Joseph you will pursue the best for me and family. Dear brethren- King Manasseh, David, Hannah, The Church For Peter, James, The Lord Jesus Christ for example made petitions onto the Lord. We pray as one body to cast off the illness in the Power of The Holy & The Authority Of Yeshua. The Great Physician who came for the ill. To lay out raised hands 🙌🏽 upon the head of our Lord. ABBA/Daddy/Lord in your mercy have mercy on us. Love you all in Yeshua our Lord & God. Teerth, Family & Fellowship

The End of an Extended Honeymoon – Are Trump and Netanyahu Parting Ways?

By David Passmore • June 19, 2026

The End of an Extended Honeymoon – Are Trump and Netanyahu Parting Ways? Rubin Rothler LLB, LLM The Israeli public had high hopes for Trump. Unlike his predecessors, he consistently endorsed Israeli measures of self-defence in the different theatres of conflict in which it had to contend. Further to these ends Trump shared in Netanyahu’s determined agenda of preventing the Iranians from pursuing the proliferation of nuclear weapons. During Trump's first term he tore up Obama's negotiated settlement with the Iranians concerning enriched Uranium, echoing Netanyahu’s position that it didn't go far enough. Now in his second term Trump partnered with Israel in a war with Iran that turned out to lack clearly defined goals. The campaign required resolve on the part of America that it wasn't willing to commit. After an initial lightning blitzkrieg that decapitated the Iranian leadership, the Persians dug in and the conflict became a protracted war of attrition hinging on Iran's stranglehold on the straits of Hormuz that could only be realistically lifted by placing boots on the ground or an intensified air war directed against Iranian coastal positions and the destruction of Kharg island, or at least the viable threat to obliterate Kharg island if Iran did not acquiesce. It transpired that Trump and Netanyahu underestimated the resilience of the Iranian regime, thinking that it had already received a near mortal blow during the prior popular demonstrations. So now we are left with a situation where Trump is exasperated with this protracted endeavour and appears to be aiming his frustration towards Netenyahu. A sticking point is Israel's continued occupation of Southern Lebanon. Iran is insistent that Israel withdraw its forces from there as a precursor to fully committing itself to a final status agreement with the U.S. to put an end to its nuclear aspirations. With the midterm elections looming Trump seems to be desperate for an exit strategy from this war. From Israel's perspective the fight against Hizbollah is an inextricable part of the Iranian equation. The IDF has invested massive resources and personnel in the hopes of quashing the Iranian proxy once and for all. Netanyahu is determined to build on the momentum achieved after the spectacular pager attack in 2024. After the catastrophic Hamas massacres of October 7th, the majority of the Israeli public is unwilling to tolerate a capable hostile force on its borders. Trump's proposed solution to this dilemma unrealistically suggests that Syria should take on the role of disarming and removing Hizbollah from Lebanon. In the ultimate reckoning of international relations, America doesn't have iron clad allies, but rather interests like any other nation. If, (as appears to be occurring now) U.S. and Israeli interests fail to align the two countries will cease to act in unison and there may be a rupture in relations on the not-too-distant horizon. Trump has indicated that Israel owes him big time. He has asserted that were it not for his decisive actions they would have been obliterated by Iran's missiles. This is nothing to say of the robust diplomatic support Trump has lent Israel in such forums as the United Nations Security Council and sanctioning officials of the International Criminal Court. Netanyahu is acutely aware of what may be next after Trump. The way public opinion is turning against Israel it is unlikely that the next administration is going to be any way near as friendly as Trump has been thus far to Israel. Trump too of course is mindful of this turning tide opposing Israel. The Iran war has been unpopular to his domestic audience, and the President has been caricatured as Netanyahu’s stooge doing Israel's bidding. Another major consideration for Trump is the colossal impact that the war has had on his other major regional allies: the Gulf States and Saudi Arabia. They have received the brunt of the Iranian backlash that has effectively targeted their energy infrastructure and trading routes. They, along with the Europeans have been exerting pressure on Trump to end the conflict and reopen the Straits of Hormuz regardless of whether the most favourable terms of Iranian capitulation are achieved. Israel, however important a strategic asset and technological powerhouse will not override these broader concerns that are endangering global energy markets. An unspoken factor is Trump's propensity for a belligerent severing of his relationship with allies in the political sphere. His public displays of hostility with former political allies such Senator Ted Cruz, Governor Ron Santos and Elon Musk demonstrate a temperament that the same kind of falling out could invoke with strategic allies as well as those political. Both Trump and Netanyahu are approaching the sunset of their political careers and are naturally inclined to deeply consider the legacies they will leave behind. In the international sphere Trump projected himself as a peacemaker from a position of strength. But as many commentators have pointed out, the war with Iran demonstrated the limits of U.S. power. Trump appraised Iran as low hanging fruit that could be swiftly toppled like Venezuela. However, when push came to shove and the only prospect of landing a decisive blow demanded a massive ground offensive on the scale of the Iraq war, he bottled out and sued for a premature peace that will leave Netanyahu in the cold. Netanyahu is anxious to rehabilitate the injury inflicted on his reputation of the greatest disaster to have occurred in Israel's history having happened on his watch. Eliminating Iran as the great regional adversary pulling the strings of its proxies would have done much in this regard. Neither leader is able to craft their legacies as they would have wanted. Trump is choosing the perceived option of mitigating the damage done to his legacy in foreign affairs. He is trying hard to sell his Iran deal as being more than what Obama bargained in terms of guaranteeing a nuclear free Iran. But as further details of his proposal are leaked this is becoming a tall order. Netanyahu is faced with October elections and he may decide to stay the course in Lebanon as otherwise he will seem weak to most voters. Should this happen, we will be in uncharted waters as it will thwart Trump's designs for an immediate end to this affair.

The Battle for Israel's Reputation

By David Passmore • June 17, 2026

The Battlefield for Israel's Reputation Rubin Rothler LLB, LLM Israel has enjoyed strong U.S. support since its founding. Within eleven minutes of Israel's Declaration of Independence Truman recognized the Jewish State. Under the Kennedy administration the Pentagon sold advanced missile systems to Israel. However, it was the 1970 attempted PLO takeover of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan that demonstrated to the U.S. Israel's regional prowess and indispensability for implementing Washington's agenda. During Arafat's attempted Coup Syria mobilized its forces on the Jordanian border in support of the PLO's bid to dislodge the ruling Hashemite dynasty. Upon Washington's direction the IDF also mobilized its army upon its border with Jordan, thereby deterring the Syrians from taking further action. From then, the Pentagon and U.S. military planners invested heavily in promoting Israel's defence. During the 1973 Yom Kippur War disaster Nixon's massive air lift came to Israel's aid. For decades U.S. diplomatic and military support for Israel was a non-partisan issue. Both Democrat and Republican members of Congress voted nearly unanimously in support of measures concerning Israel. However, in the mid 2010's this began to change. To the extent that now 80% of Democrats hold views in opposition to Israel and this is reflected in how their representatives are acting. It is difficult to praise an exact moment when this turning point occurred. For years Democrat grassroots activist groups across the nation were lobbying their local representatives about their attitudes to Palestine and the mass student protest movements following the Gaza war built upon this momentum. The dual standards by the academic establishment were riddled with hypocrisy as if by the same criteria Israel is condemned for its responsive self-defence counter attacks in Lebanon and Gaza, Britain and America would be similarly indicted for what they did to Dresden, Hamburg and Berlin in response to Hitler. This is facilitated by the funding of Western Universities by Qatar and other Islamic interests associated with the Muslim Brotherhood. There is alienation between Israelis and the traditional left-centre Jewish Diaspora in the U.S. with a third of New York Jews voting for Mandani a vehement anti-Zionist in the New York Mayoral election. This is counterbalanced by a growing Jewish Right in America led by Ben Shapiro, David Ruben, Dennis Prager, Mark Levin and Trump advisor Steven Miller who are in political harmony with the Evangelical Right. The Republicans are also approaching a crossroads. Just as the Democrats have been hijacked by the Woke Left there has emerged a virulently anti-Zionist Woke Right led by Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes and Candace Owen who are also attempting to hijack the Republicans. What is alarming here, is the fact that the majority of young Republicans under forty now hold an unfavourable view of Israel. So, it is very much a matter of fighting for the future of the Republican Party. The growing populist movements in Britain and Europe may counter the anti-Zionist and anti- Semitic political activities of the Muslim vote and their left-wing allies. In any eventuality, even if the least favourable trajectory of U.S. public opinion were to further materialize it is unlikely to dismantle the massive military and intelligence sharing cooperation between the U.S. and Israel. The Pentagon views Israel as far too big of a strategic asset in a volatile region to cut ties with. (Author is an Israeli American lawyer academically qualified in British and in U.S.A. law, and a graduate of the School of Oriental & African Studies, London. He is a Jewish believer in Jesus and is currently based in Israel).

Urgent prayer request - India

By David Passmore • June 10, 2026

MAJOR PRAYER REQUEST - STEVE MITCHELL MORIEL ORPHANAGE (Andar Pradesh, INDIA) Please read the enclosed missions report from Moriel Missions Branch India: Our children need us and we put a lot of money into buying and then expanding the Moriel orphanage to take in more children. These precious orphan children are coming to Christ and the devil is angry. Until now we had opposition from radical Sheikhs at the Moriel Horeb church we built in Punjab, but the Hindu Authorities in Andar Pradesh have largely until now left us alone. The BJP government is however as wicked as Hamas or Hezbollah - only Hindu (I was in India when radical Hindus burned the Australian missionary family alive in their car; these are the ones who wanted to murder Steve Mitchell when Moriel helped to quickly get him out of the country some years ago). Some pastors have been murdered again in West Bengal. (Samuel, who oversees the Moriel orphanage went to Bible College with one of them). Because our orphan children are Dalet (treated as subhuman 'out casts' by the Hindu caste system), or from Muslim backgrounds, we have largely been been left alone and some of the local officials liked us. This is obviously not a good situation. Prayer is urgently requested. Please pray for Mark Masih particularly that they will not cancel his visa. They are now forbidding us from bringing any more bibles into the country. What would happen if Britain, Australia, or America outlawed Hindus from bringing the Bhagavad Gita into England, Oz, or the USA? MARANATHA Come Quickly Lord Jesus "You Will Be Hated By Men For My Name's Sake" Matthew 10:22

Staying the course amidst isolation

By David Passmore • May 30, 2026

Staying The Course Amidst Isolation Rubin Rothler LLB, LLM Living in Israel one gets the feeling that the metaphorical walls are closing in. Israel's reputation is being tarnished all over social media and the mainstream media, and this is reflected in massive public disdain towards this country. We are constantly told that there is near consensus amongst academics and commentators that a genocide was committed in Gaza. The very legitimacy of the state is brought into question. The majority of Americans are now hostile towards Israel. There is real fear that the next U.S. administration will turn against Israel. Even if this were to happen passively, by the U.S. refraining from exercising its veto power towards Security Council Resolutions condemning Israeli actions this could be catastrophic. Internally it is a fractured society leaning increasingly right wing which further alienates Israel from world opinion. An example in point is how Ben Gvir mocked the most recent participants of a global aid flotilla to Gaza. Such conduct further agitates outrage at Israel. The left-wing media presents the ruins of Gaza as a mortal wound in Israel's side. When the world observes this level of carnage no degree of public relations can ameliorate the sense of indignation towards Israel. We can liken the situation of Israel to that of a depressed person. All he sees is hopelessness and gloom. But this isn't the first time that the Jewish nation has been faced with such darkness. Things change and we don't know how the geo-political map will reconfigure in the future. We need to ride out this storm and keep going. On a historical note, the situation is reminiscent of what our ancestors faced when we returned from the Babylonian exile to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Nehemiah was faced with constant lies and conspiracies designed to entrap him by hostile actors: Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite and Geshem the Arab. They employed deception, slander and ridicule in order to maintain their political eminence. There was also a certain sense of abandonment amongst the Jews in Israel then as in our own day. We read in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah about the anguish of the leadership in Israel concerning the lack of assistance from the Babylonian diaspora towards the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem and the Temple. Only 20% of the exiles returned to the land. It was largely the poor who returned. Most of the affluent, established Jews remained in Exile. This is a continuing theme in Jewish history. It is also important to observe that from its very beginnings there were bible believing Christians who spearheaded the return of the Jews to their land. The idea of organizing a return of the Jews to Israel began as a Protestant Restorationist objective that can be traced to 17th century Puritan England. The protagonists of the Cromwellian Republic viewed themselves as the new Israel fighting the Papist forces of Satan. Alongside this, interest grew in the notion that biblical prophecies pertaining to the return of the Jews to Israel were a necessary precursor for the return of Christ. The growth of the British Empire in the 19th century lent political clout to Christian Restorationism with specific missions to the Jews established. Although there had been a longing to return to Israel as written in the thrice daily Amidah prayer, Jewish Zionism arose in the midst of mid nineteenth century nationalism and was further fermented by European antisemitism. It was an altogether secular enterprise. Although Israel's situation appears rather stark, we can draw strength from the Providence afforded to our ancestors in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah when they too were faced with defamation. This is also an opportunity to grow closer to our natural allies in the evangelical world who from the beginning of Zionism were steadfast supporters of the project to establish a Jewish homeland in Israel. (Author is an Israeli American lawyer academically qualified in British and in U.S.A. law, and a graduate of the School of Oriental & African Studies, London. He is a Jewish believer in Jesus and is currently based in Israel).