House of David - House of Saul 2 - Afrikaans

April 1, 2025

Die Huis van Dawid en die Huis van Saul

2. Sam. 3:1 "En daar was 'n lang oorlog tussen die huis van Saul en die huis van Dawid, en Dawid het altyd sterker geword, maar die huis van Saul altyd swakker".

Die oorlog tussen die Huis van Dawid en die huis van Saul. Die huis van Dawid het al sterker geword terwyl die huis van Saul al swakker en swakker geword het. In die huis van Saul is: Jes. 66:5: "‐Julle broers, julle haters wat julle verstoot om my Naam ontwil‐‐‐"

aDie Boek Rigters is van die begin tot die einde 'n Boek van oorlog. Dit gaan oor die Jode wat veg teen die Amelikiete, Kanaaniete en die Filistyne. Die Boek vertel oor die oorlog van Debora, van Gideon en van Simson, maar die bloedigste en die wreedste en lelikste oorlog van al die oorloë in Rigters, die een met die meeste ongevalle, die een waar die meeste bloed gestort was, was nie die een van Simson of Debora of Gideon nie, nee, dit was die laaste oorlog in Rigters, die een waar die meeste mense gesterwe het, dit was toe die Jode teen die Jode geveg het, broer teen broer!Daar kom 'n tyd wanneer jou broer jou gaan haat en verstoot omrede die Woord van die Here, en dit is wanneer dinge nie meer so maklik gaan wees nie.

Die Boek Rigters is van die begin tot die einde 'n Boek van oorlog. Dit gaan oor die Jode wat veg teen die Amelikiete, Kanaaniete en die Filistyne. Die Boek vertel oor die oorlog van Debora, van Gideon en van Simson, maar die bloedigste en die wreedste en lelikste oorlog van al die oorloë in Rigters, die een met die meeste ongevalle, die een waar die meeste bloed gestort was, was nie die een van Simson of Debora of Gideon nie, nee, dit was die laaste oorlog in Rigters, die een waar die meeste mense gesterwe het, dit was toe die Jode teen die Jode geveg het, broer teen broer!

Wat was Paulus se grootse probleem in sy bediening? Lees sy Briewe! Was dit toe hy voor die Romeine gebring was en in die Sinagoge gegésel was? Nee, hierdie dinge was nie die dinge wat hom die meeste gegrief het nie. Paulus sê hy het self ook die Christene vervolg en hy sê dat hy terug ontvang het wat hy uitgedeel het. Paulus sê hy is die laaste een wat kan kla oor wat met hom gebeur, maar dit is nie wat hom die meeste versteur het nie, wat hom die meeste gepla het was die valse broeders, profete, leraars en leerstellings in die gemeentes wat die broers en susters probeer mislei het, in die gemeentes wat hy opgerig het.

Paulus was altyd omsingel deur valse broeders, lees 2.Timotheus en Thessalonicense, hierdie was die dinge wat vir Paulus baie erg ontstel het.

Die laaste oorlog in Rigters was 'n wrede oorlog, en baie meer mense het in hierdie oorlog gesterwe en baie meer bloed is op die aarde gestort as in enige van die ander oorloë. En dit is absoluut seker dat die moeilikste oorlog wat jy, of 'n leier of 'n herder kan veg, of wat deur die kerke geveg kan word, is nie die geveg met die ongereddes, of met die wêreld nie. Ek is nie bang om met Vrymesselaars, die Roomse Kerk, of met Islam te deel nie, hierdie is nie diegene wat gevrees moet word nie, nee, die moeilikste geveg is wanneer jy die Swaard teen jou broers en susters moet opneem.

In die laaste oorlog in Rigters het die Jode nie 'n keuse gehad nie. 'n Vrou was gedood en haar liggaam was in stukke opgekap, maar wat beteken dit?

Kyk na die leerstellings van mense soos E.W. Kenyon wat die vader was van dinge soos: Jesus het geestelik gesterf!, dit beteken dat Koning Jesus nie op die Kruis oorwin het nie! Koning Jesus het op die Kruis gesê: "Dit is volbring" Maar Kenyon sê dit is nie so nie.

Jesus het gesterf en opgestaan, maar Kenyon sê Hy het afgedaal na die Hel waar Hy 'n Sataniese Wese geword, hy sê Christus het in die Hel dieselfde natuur as Satan aangeneem!! Hy sê Koning Jesus was wedergebore in die Hel!! As u die boeke van Frederic Price, Kenneth Copeland, Hagin en Benny Hinn lees sal u sien dat dit die evangelie is wat hulle verkondig!

Hulle geloof en leerstellings is dat Christus op die kruis gesterf het maar dat Hy nie op die kruis die oorwinning oor die sonde en die dood behaal het nie, hulle leer dat Christus in die Hel 'n Sataniese wese geword het met dieselfde natuur as Satan. [ Hulle kap die Liggaam aan stukke.] Hulle evangelie leer dat dit nie nodig is dat iemand moet swaar kry nie, want, sê hulle, God wil hê dat jy ryk moet wees! Weet u wat? Ons lewe in 'n Westerse demokrasie, en ons is ryk, ons is baie meer beter af as twee derdes, ongeveer 75% van die wêreld se populasie.

Die Liggaam word aan stukke gekap deur 'n evangelie van Mammon, en hulle sê dit is die Evangelie van Koning Jesus! Maar dit is dit absoluut nie!! Hulle noem dit die "Voorspoed Teologie" (Geloof in geloof) Paulus waarsku vir ons in Timotheus dat diegene wat wil ryk word hulle geloof gaan verloor, maar hierdie dwaalleraars vertel iets anders!.

Hebreers 11 praat meer oor geloof as die res van die Nuwe Testament, hierdie Hoofstuk leer vir ons wat geloof is, en daar word nie op een plek eers van geld gepraat nie.

Die enigste plek waar iets genoem word van wêreldse welvaart is waar mense wat dit kon gehad het dit verwerp het ten gunste van die Koninkryk van Jesus. Die Liggaam word aan stukke gekap! Dit gaan baie, baie moeilik en pynlik wees as jy die Swaard teen jou broer moet opneem.

Dawid en Saul het albei dieselfde vyand gehad, naamlik die Kanaäniete en die Filistyne wat die land probeer inneem het. Maar omrede die leierskap van Israel so afvallig geraak het, het die vyand die oorhand begin kry en Dawid kon daar niks aan doen nie want hy moes wag todat die leierskap vervang was. Dawid self kon dit nie doen nie omdat Saul God se gesaldfde was. Dawid was hier vasgevang in 'n situasie waar bose dinge aan die orde van die dag was en God se mense was aan die verloor kant. Die enigste manier waarop dinge kon verbeter was as daar 'n leierskap verandering kon plaasvind, maar hy kon dit nie self doen nie want Saul was God se gesalfde.

Dit is presies dieselfe toestand wat ons vandag het en daar gaan 'n baie lang oorlog wees tussen die Huis van Dawid en die huis van Saul, maar die Huis van Dawid gaan sterker en sterker word en die huis van Saul swakker en swakker, en al vraag wat vandag vir u gevra kan word is: In wie se Huis is u?

Hier gaan dit nie oor 'n plek waar jou ore gestreel word deur westerse strooi en denkes wat niks ander is as 'n voorspoed geloof evangelie is nie, waar mense probeer om die Bybelse Waarhede te herdefinieer in die lig van Westerse denkes, want dit is wat hierdie evangelie in die meeste gevalle is.

Dit gaan ook nie oor die mense wat deel aan hierdie misleidings het nie, want hierdie mense wil graag hierdie leuens glo. Die Woord van die Here sê dat God self die gees van dwaling aan hulle sal stuur, hulle wie nie die Waarheid lief het nie, sodat hulle die leuens sal glo. Nee, daar is iets baie meer onaangenamer en pynliker as hierdie dinge; Daar is:‐‐Jónatan, en die seuns van Saul.

Ons ken almal die verhaal van koning Dawid en hoedat Saul hom gehaat het en geprobeer het om hom dood te maak, maar dan is daar Jónatan.

Jónatan het Dawid liefgehad en Jónatan het geweet dat Saul afvallig geraak het van God, en dat hy God se seëninge verloor het, en hy het geweet dat die huis van Saul onder die oordele van God gekom het, en hy het geweet dat Dawid reg was, en dat Dawid onskuldig vervolg was, en ook het hy geweet dat Dawid God se uitverkorene was. Dit het Jónatan alles geweet maar hy het 'n groot probleem gehad, hy was te vas geanker aan die Huis van Saul en hy kon nie weg breek nie. Onthou Dawid is altyd 'n vername voorbeeld, 'n verteenwoordiger van Koning Jesus, en let op wat Koning Jesus sê: Hy wat sy ouers broers of susters meer liefhet as vir My is My nie waardig nie". Dit is die beeld, of tipologie wat hier uitgebeeld word, en die simboliek hier is dit: In wie se Huis wil jy wees; In die Huis van Dawid, of in die Huis van Saul? Dit beteken nie noodwendig dat jy self by valse leerstelling betrokke is nie, dit beteken egter dat jou betrokkenheid by misleidende instellings, denominasies of kerke gaan veroorsaak dat jy afvallig gaan raak van die Waarheid. Met ander woorde, vra vir jouself die vraag: Is jou betrokkenheid by hierdie instansies van so 'n aard dat dit vir jou van meer belang geword het as die Waarheid volgens die Woord van die Here?

Kom ons kyk na 1 Sam.10:1: "En Samuel het die kruik met olie geneem en dit op sy hoof uitgegiet en hom gesoen en gesê: Het die HERE jou nie gesalf as vors oor sy erfdeel nie?"

Onthou, verskillende vloeistowwe verteenwoordig die Heilige Gees in verskillende omstandighede. Nuwe Wyn is die blydskap in die Heilige Gees.

In Jesaja 24: Mayim CHayyim, is Lewende Water, soos die uitgestorte Heilige Gees. (Joh.7:38‐39) Hy sal vir ons Lewende Water, die Heilige Gees, gee. Hier is dit 'Shemen', in Hebreeus is dit olie, (Salwing)

Die Heilige Gees was werklik en opreg uitgegiet oor die Huis van Saul, maar as iets eindig in die vlees, en dit maak nie saak of dit in die Gees begin het nie, of as dit van die begin af vleeslik was nie, as iets nou verkeerd is, en dit maak nie saak of dit reg of verkeerd begin het nie, soos die lag beweging, dit maak nie saak of dit 'n opregte beweging van God was nie, wat nou nie meer so is nie! Dit maak nie saak hoe dit begin het nie.

Ek twyfel nie vir een oomblik dat daar 30 jaar gelede 'n werklike uitstorting van die Heilige Gees plaas gevind het nie, maar ek is daarvan oortuig dat dit lankal terug in die vlees geëindig het, en elke Charismatiese en Pinkster beweging in die geskiedenis van die Kerk het dieselfde geëindig, die duiwel het elke herlewing op dieselfde manier gekelder.

Bewegings soos die vroeë Pinkster, die Anababtiste, ondervindings Teologie en baie meer, het reg begin, maar dit het geeindig in die vlees. Dit is altyd die Gees van Waarheid, en altyd word gehoor: Gee vir ons

die Gees, ons wil nie die Waarheid hê nie. Die Woord van die Here vertel vir ons wat vlees is en wat Gees is. Die Charismatiese beweging het in die 1900 begin, Azuza Straat het begin met 'n eerlike en opregte beweging deur God se Hand, in die Gees. Ek bevraagteken nie hierdie bewegings nie, maar wat van die Huis van Saul?

1 Sam.28:18‐19: "Omdat jy nie na die Stem van die HERE geluister en die gloed van sy toorn teen Amalek nie uitgevoer het nie, daarom het die HERE jou vandag hierdie ding aangedoen.‐‐ [Die oordeel van die HERE het gekom omrede ongehoorsaamheid] ‐‐En die HERE sal Israel ook saam met jou in die hand van die Filistyne gee, en môre sal jy met jou seuns by my wees; ook die leër van Israel sal die HERE in die hand van die Filistyne gee".

Wat het Saul gedoen? Wat Saul gedoen het, het veroorsaak dat hy sy salwing en sy roeping verloor het. Hy het 'n salwing en 'n roeping gehad maar Samuel kom en vertel vir hom dat God hom as koning verwerp het.

1 Sam.5:1‐3 / 9‐11: 1: "Toe sê Samuel vir Saul: Die HERE het my gestuur om jou as koning te salf oor sy volk, oor Israel; luister dan nou na die stem van die woorde van die HERE. So sê die HERE van die leërskare: Ek het terdeë gelet op wat Amalek Israel aangedoen het, dat hy hom in die weg gestaan het by sy optog uit Egipte. Gaan nou en verslaan Amalek, en julle moet met die banvloek tref alles wat hy het; en jy mag hom nie verskoon nie, maar jy moet om die lewe bring man sowel as vrou, kind en suigeling, bees en kleinvee, kameel en esel".

[Maar Saul het dit nie gedoen nie.] "Maar Saul en die manskappe het Agag gespaar, en die beste van die kleinvee en beeste, en die naas‐bestes en die lammers en alles wat van waarde was‐‐dit wou hulle nie met die banvloek tref nie; maar al die goed wat veragtelik en vervalle was, dit het hulle met die banvloek getref. En die woord van die HERE het tot Samuel gekom en gesê: Ek het berou gekry dat Ek Saul koning gemaak het, want hy het van My afvallig geword en my woorde nie uitgevoer nie. Toe het Samuel kwaad geword en die hele nag deur die HERE aangeroep".

Amalek, wat ook geken was as Agag, was 'n ou vyand en hy kan terug gespoor word tot by Moses in die Eksodus, en hy kom weer eeue later na vore in die Boek Ester, in die persoon van Haman, wat 'n afstammeling was van Agag, wat ons terug neem na die Babiloniese ballingskap tydperk. Die vyand bly dieselfde, hy verander nie. Die opdrag aan Moses en Saul en Josua was dieselfde: Hierdie is julle ewige en oudste vyand, raak ontslae van hom.

Wie is vandag óns oudste vyand? Eerstens word vir ons in die Nuwe Testament vertel dat ons stryd nie teen vlees en bloed is nie, want ons as Christene moet ons vyande liefhê. Daar is 'n groot verskil om vir mense lief te wees wat in valse godsdienste gevang is, en die liefde vir valse godsdienste. Ons moet die valsheid en sonde haat omdat deur dit miljoene en miljoene pragtige mense Hel toe gestuur word.

Baie mense in die Katolieke kerk verwerp die maagdelike rein bevrugting van Maria, maar ongeveer 70% van die Katolieke kerk se instelling en tradisies is van heidense oorsprong. Dit is wat onderandere Kardinaal John Henry Neuman in sy verhandeling en ontwikkeling van die Christelike geloof, twee honderd jaar terug geskrywe het.

Daar is net een rede waarom iemand die Roomse Kerk sal verlaat om 'n Evangelis te word, en dit is omdat die mense die Woord van God begin lees het en te veel vrae begin vra het wat enige priester nooit kon droom om te antwoord nie. Dit is wat Kardinal Manning gesê het.

Saul sê hy het gedeeltes van die buit gehou wat aanvaarbaar is, en Saul het probeer om vrede te maak met sy eeue oue vyand.

Maar dit is nog altyd so dat wanneer jy probeer om vrede te maak met jou vyand dat kom hy terug en verwoes jou, net soos wat in die Boek Ester gebeur het. So kan ons deur al die eeue terug kyk na die geskiedenis en sien hoedat meer en meer mense begin het om die Bybel te lees, wat ook priesters insluit, en wat tot redding gekom het, en ook hoedat baie meer van hierdie bekeerlinge deur Pouslike Rome vermoor is as deur die Heidense Rome. Dit was deur John Bunyan die 'Twee Kop Reus' genoem, die een 'n Pous en die ander een 'n Heiden. (Pope and Pagan) U sal miskien sê, ja maar dit was 500 of 1600 jaar gelede, en dit sal nie weer in die 20ste eeu gebeur nie! Maar hier is 'n paar uitreksels wat sekere mense gesê het. Pous Puis XII het Hitler die 'Gesant van God' genoem. Die Assistent Heerser van Duitsland, van die 'Derde Ryk', Hans Von Pappon, 'n private kamerheer, (Iemand wat 'n agbare verteenwoordiger is van die Pous) het aan Pous Pius die 12de gesê: Die Derde Ryk was die eerste gesag struktuur in die wêreld, nie net om erken te word nie, maar ook omdat dit tot die uitvoering gekom het van die oogmerke van die Rooms Katolieke doelstellings. Stephenac het ook gesê dat Hitler God se Gesant was! ('n Antichris) En op die 25ste Junie 1959 het Pous Johannes die 23ste sy beste wense aan Kardinaal Stephenac oorgedra, die Pous het hom 'n Kardinaal gemaak. Baie van Hitler se onderdane was geleerde Jesuite en Katolieke gewees.

Michael Schmouce, die Aards Biskop van Munich, wat Pous Johannes die 23ste ook Kardinaal gemaak het, na sy verdrag van 'Empire and State', het aan die mense vertel dat dit hulle plig was om Hitler te ondersteun. Hulle het vertel dat die Derde Ryk'n Roomse Katolieke beweging was. Hitler, Himler en Gorbles was almal Katolieke. Kardinaal Inetszer het gesê dat Hitler hom ontvang het en dat hy sekere 'instruksies ontvang het vir die Katolieke Priesters'.

Hierdie Kardinaal het ook gesê dat die priesters en hulle gevolg die Duitse staat en Hitler blindelings sal volg. Hier sien ons dat die Roomse Katolieke Kerk sy volle gewig agter Hitler ingegooi het. Toe die Nazi's Slovakia ingeneem het, het Hitler daar 'n diktator aangestel met die naam van Aards Biskop Kheiso, en saam met Hitler was hy die eerste een wat ongeveer 100,000 Joodse kinders na die Auswitz oonde gestuur het. Hy is na die oorlog gehang vir hierdie dade nadat hy daarop aangedring het om in sy Katolieke gewaad geklee te wees. Daar is vir hom gevra of hy geweet het dat hy kinders vermoor het, waarop hy geantwoord het: Nee, dit was nie kinders nie, dit was Jode!

Saul het gedink dat Agag nie meer sou doen wat hy in die tyd van Moses gedoen het nie, en so het Ester ook gedink dat Haman ook nie sou gedoen wat hy gedoen het nie, maar Agag bly Agag en Rome bly Rome.

Die Kerk het diegene veroordeel wat gesê het dat die Kerk nie geweld mag gebruik nie. Maar die Kerk begeer 'n koninkryk en nie demokrasie nie.

Daar is fotos van Nonne wat saam met die Gestapo gemarsjeer het om die Joodse kinders gevangene te neem en om hulle te vermoor, en so kan ons vandag nog sien dat die konstitusionele beginsels van Rome nog altyd dieselfde is, Rome het nog nooit verander nie, Agag het nog nooit verander nie. Dit was die tweede fout wat die Charismatiese bewegings gemaak het. Hulle eerste fout was hulle 'Ondervindings Teologie'en hulle tweede fout was om nié die vyand van God uit te drywe nie. Toe die Charismatiese herlewing in die Roomse Katolieke kerk plaasgevind het was dit die Heilige Gees wat God se mense uit hierdie valse godsdiens uitgeroep het. Sag.2:6‐7: "Op, op, vlug uit die Noordland, spreek die HERE! Want Ek het julle na die vier windstreke van die hemel verstrooi, spreek die HERE. Op, o Sion, red jouself, jy wat woon by die dogter van Babel!" Openb.18:4‐5: "En ek het 'n ander stem uit die hemel hoor sê: Gaan uit haar uit, my volk, sodat julle nie gemeenskap met haar sondes mag hê en van haar plae ontvang nie. Want haar sondes reik tot aan die hemel, en God het haar ongeregtighede onthou". Hier word nie gesê dat hierdie mense nie God se mense is nie, maar om Gods se mense te wees en in 'n kerk te wees wat leer dat jy in die Vage vuur gaan boete doen vir jou sondes terwyl die Woord van die Here sê die Bloed van Koning Jesus reinig ons van alle sonde. Om vir die dode te bid is 'n gruwel, dit is afgode diens! In Hebreeus is die betekenis van om 'n knie te buig en om te kniel dieselfde, afgodery is sonde, en om vir die dode te bid is towery, dit is 'n gruwel vir die Here.

Om standbeelde te soen en voor hulle te buig en Maria aanbidding is sonde! Dit is niks anders as moord op ware Christene nie! Babilon kan nie tot bekering kom nie, maar die Roomse Katolieke kerk is nie die enigste valse godsdiens nie!

Saul se tweede fout was dat hy het nie na die Woord van God gegaan het nie, want die Tora het die antwoord gehad van hoedat hy van Amalek ontslae kon raak, maar wat doen hy? Hy skep sy eie leerstellings, hy skrywe sy eie Bybel en bepaal sy eie handelinge.

Dertig jaar gelede het die Charistmatiese herlewing in Amerika en in ander plekke in die wêreld ontstaan, dit was veronderstel om 'n groot herlewing en morele en geestelike oplewing te veroorsaak, dit moes versoening bring tussen die Roomse Katolieke en die Protestante in plekke soos Britanje, en dit moes die wêreld terug wen vir Christus, dit was veronderstel om ons weer op die regte paaie, die ou paaie te plaas, maar kyk maar om jou rond, is daar vandag minder moord en roof? Is daar minder egskeidings, Homoseksualisme en minder verwoesting van die wêreld?? Nee, daar is baie, baie meer gruwels! Wat het verbeter? Niks het verbeter nie, en beslis nie die kerk nie! Vandag is daar afgode dienaars op die preekstoelle: Dit is duiwel aanbidding! Homoseksuele word in kerke tot huweliks maats verbind! Groot skaalse 'Staats beheerde' aborsies is aan die orde van die dag. Nee, nee, die 'kerk' is vandag, baie, baie meer slegter daaraan toe as voor die herlewing, want die Huis van Saul is nog altyd gebou op self verering en self veryking.

Die Huis van Dawid en die Huis van Saul.

1 Sam.5:8‐9: "En Agag, die koning van Amalek, het hy lewendig gevang, maar die hele volk deur die skerpte van die swaard met die banvloek getref. Maar Saul en die manskappe het Agag gespaar, en die beste van die kleinvee en beeste, en die naas‐bestes en die lammers en alles wat van waarde was‐‐dit

wou hulle nie met die banvloek tref nie; maar al die goed wat veragtelik en vervalle was, dit het hulle met die banvloek getref.

V.10 "En die woord van die HERE het tot Samuel gekom en gesê: (V.11) Ek het berou gekry dat Ek Saul koning gemaak het, want hy het van My afvallig geword en my woorde nie uitgevoer nie. Toe het Samuel kwaad geword en die hele nag deur die HERE aangeroep. (V.12) Maar die môre vroeg het Samuel hom klaargemaak om Saul te ontmoet. En aan Samuel is meegedeel en gesê: Saul het in Karmel aangekom, en kyk, hy het vir hom 'n gedenkteken opgerig; en hy het weggedraai en verbygegaan en afgetrek na Gilgal. [Saul bou altyd vir homself gedenktekens, standbeelde] (V.13) Toe Samuel by Saul kom, sê Saul vir hom: Mag u geseënd wees deur die HERE: ek het die woord van die HERE uitgevoer.

(V.14) Daarop vra Samuel: Maar wat vir 'n geblêr van kleinvee is dit in my ore en 'n gebulk van beeste wat ek hoor? (V.15) En Saul sê: Van die Amalekiete het hulle dit gebring, want die manskappe het die beste kleinvee en beeste gespaar om aan die HERE u God te offer; maar die ander het ons met die banvloek getref.

[Mense reken dat daar goeie dinge in die Roomse kerk is wat vir ons van betekenis kan wees, (Daar is net 'n paar grate in die vis) maar as jy weet dat meer as die helfte van 'n appel vrot is, gaan jy daarvan eet?]

(V.16) Toe sê Samuel vir Saul: Hou op, dat ek jou kan meedeel wat die HERE vannag met my gespreek het. En hy antwoord hom: Spreek. (V.17) En Samuel sê: Is jy, hoewel jy klein was in jou eie oë, nie tog die hoof van die stamme van Israel nie? En die HERE het jou as koning oor Israel gesalf.

[Die mens kyk altyd uit vir 'n vleeslike leier in plaas daarvan op te kyk na God‐‐Gee vir ons 'n koning, gee vir ons 'n leier! Wanneer mense 'n leier soek is daar sekerlik iets verkeerd met hulle verhouding met Koning Jesus, maar hulle wil dit nie weet of verstaan nie, en hulle sal 'n leier volg net soos wat hulle verhouding met die Here is, en niks verder nie, want as die leiers se verhouding met die Here Onse God net lippe taal is, dan sal hulle volgelinge in dieselfde verwardheid hulle volgelinge wees. Paulus het gesê dat mense hom net kan volg soos wat hy Koning Jesus volg, met ander woorde, ons kan net met iemand saamstem tot en met waar dit ooreenstem met die Woord van die Here, en niks verder nie.

Soos wat die geloof van die leier in die Here is, so sal die geloof van sy volgelinge wees, jy word soos dit wat jy lief het. Ons het 'n Koning, Koning Jesus, en moet nie eens probeer om van mense vir jou 'n koning te maak nie!]

(V.18) En die HERE het jou op die pad gestuur en gesê: Gaan heen en tref die sondaars, die Amalekiete, met die banvloek en veg teen hulle totdat hulle vernietig is. (V.19) Waarom het jy dan nie na die Stem van die HERE geluister nie en op die buit afgestorm en gedoen wat verkeerd is in die oë van die HERE? [Ons toon al ons skatte aan die koning van Babilon, en wanneer ons dit doen dan is dit net 'n kwessie van tyd, want die koning van Babel gaan kom om dit van jou af te neem (Hy gaan van jou 'n dissipel vir hom maak) Dit het in die Bybel gebeur en dit gebeur vandag weer]

(V 20)‐ Toe sê Saul vir Samuel: Ek het na die stem van die HERE geluister en gegaan op die pad waar die HERE my op gestuur het, en Agag, die koning van Amalek, gebring; maar die Amalekiete het ek met die banvloek getref".

Hierdie mense sal altyd hulle handelinge verdedig. Die gebod van hoe om met Agag te deel was alreeds in die Tora opgeteken, hulle dring daarop aan dat hulle die Skrifte gevolg het en dat hulle gehoorsaam is aan die Here, maar die Woord van die Here sê iets anders, maar dan sê hulle: Moet nie met my praat oor Skrifte nie, want dit bring net verdeling.

Die Nuwe Testament praat twee keer meer oor die regte Leerstellings as oor die regte gedrag‐‐hoekom? Want as ons nie die Waarheid volgens die Woord van die Here volg nie, dat sal ons gedrag ook nie na wense wees nie. Koning Jesus sê dat die Skrifte verdeling sal bring, en dit is presies die doel van die Skrifte.

Die leiers probeer altyd die blaam op hulle volgelinge plaas, hulle sê hulle kan die mense nie beheer nie. Maar mense in beheer van 'n saak is verantwoordelik om die gesagstrukture te beheer!. Hulle is veronderstel om God se Gesag verhouding te handhaaf!.‐(V.21) Maar die manskappe het van die buit kleinvee en beeste geneem, die beste van die bangoed, om aan die HERE u God in Gilgal te offer. (V.22) Daarop sê Samuel: Het die HERE behae in brandoffers en slagoffers soos in gehoorsaamheid aan die Stem van die HERE?‐‐‐[Hulle bring altyd dankoffers, maar hulle wil nie gehoorsaam wees aan die Bybelse riglyne nie]‐‐Kyk, om gehoorsaam te wees is beter as slagoffer, om te luister beter as die vet van ramme. (V.23) Want wederstrewigheid is 'n sonde van waarsêery, en eiesinnigheid is afgodery en beeldediens. Omdat jy die woord van die HERE verwerp het, het Hy jou as koning verwerp.

(V.24) Toe sê Saul vir Samuel: Ek het gesondig, omdat ek die bevel van die HERE en u woorde oortree het, want ek was bevrees vir die manskappe en het na hulle geluister. (V.25) Vergeef dan nou tog my sonde en kom met my saam terug, dat ek die HERE kan aanbid. (V.26) Maar Samuel sê vir Saul: Ek sal nie met jou saam teruggaan nie, omdat jy die woord van die HERE verwerp het, en nou het die HERE jou verwerp om koning oor Israel te wees".

Wanneer mense openlik die Woord van die Here verwerp, dan kan jy, en mag jy nie meer verder met hulle die pad loop nie, want dan bestaan daar geen gronde meer vir gemeenskap met hulle nie. Twee mense kan nie dieselfde pad loop as hulle nie saamstem nie, let op; Hier word gepraat van die fondasie, naamlik redding en die Gesag van die Skrifte. Die Bybel sê dat as iemand in die Naam van die Here profeteer en dit gebeur nie, gee pad van hom of hulle af, want hierdie mense is valse profete!

Die Waarheid van die Skrifte is aan mense in Toronto/Brownsville uitgewys, maar hulle antwoorde was dat hulle weet wat die Waarheid is, maar hulle glo dit wat hullle doen is reg!. Hulle ken en is bewus van die waarheid maar hulle volg hulle valse leiers blindelings?? Die Woord van die Here sê gee onmiddelik pad van hulle af, want hulle is in rebellie teenoor God, en rebellie is niks ander as heksery nie. Om te rebelleer is om openlik die Waarheid van God te verloën! John Winbur, Paul Cain, en Gerald Coates is wedergebore Christene wat dinge in die Naam van die Here geprofeteer het wat nie gebeur het nie, en

dit is op TV netwerke en in koerante vertoon, en deur hierdie valse waarsêery het hulle van die Christendom 'n openlike en brutale bespotting gemaak.

Gerald Coates wou geen verantwoordelikheid vir sy dade aanvaar nie. Presies die teen oorgestelde het gebeur met dit wat Rick Joyner in sy boek, 'The Harvest' geskrywe het. Almal het groot dinge geprofeteer en dit het glad nie gebeur nie, maar mense volg hulle nog steeds soos slawe, dit is niks anders as om te rebelleer teen God se Gesag nie, en dit is sonde. Die Woord van die Here sê dit is towery en heksery.

Die mense kan nie ontken dat die dinge wat hulle leiers geprofeteer het nie waar gekom het nie, en so kan hulle ook nie ontken dat die Woord van die Here hulle daarteen gewaarsku het nie, en ook dat hulle moet maak dat hulle wegkom van hierdie valse profete af. Nee, hulle wil ongehoorsaam wees aan die Woord van God, hulle wil rebelleer, hulle wil gemeenskap hê met hekse en towernaars, dit is moedswillige sonde. As mense die Woord van God, die Waarheid verwerp, dan bestaan daar dan geen basis, geen fondasie meer vir die Waarheid nie, en dan is daar ook geen basis om met hulle enige gemeenskap te hê nie. Die Bybelse onderig wat vandag in die Charismatiese gemeenskappe bestaan is so afgewater dat die meeste mense dit volg uit onkunde en hulle is nie in 'n moedswillige rebellie nie, maar met die leiers is dit 'n ander saak en hulle moet almal in belydenis geroep word, en hulle moet glad nie toegelaat word om in 'n profetiese bediening te staan nie. Die leiers, Pastore Predikante, Leraars, Doktors, Fariseers en Skrifgeleerdes, almal staan skuldig want hulle het die skape mislei.

(V.28) ‐En Samuel sê vir hom: Vandag het die HERE die koningskap oor Israel van jou afgeskeur en dit aan jou naaste gegee wat beter is as jy."

Die Heerlikheid van die God van Israel sal nie veroorsaak dat God leuens vertel of dat Hy van gedagte sal verander nie, en God het nog nooit van Gedagte verander nie, want Hy is nie 'n mens nie. Toe die Huis van Saul in afval begin kom het, het God begin om die Huis van Dawid te bou, en Dawid is van dat hy 'n klein seuntjie was al deur God geleer. Ons Hemelse Vader lei mense op vir buitegewone omstandighede in gewone omstandighede.

Hoe het Dawid vir Goliat verslaan? Dawid was 'n skaapwagter seun wat geleer het om 'n slingervel te hanteer, en so het Dawid sy skape beskerm teen die wolwe en ongediertes. God sal aan die kuddes van die getroue herders byvoeg, (In Hebreeus word dieselfde woord vir Herder Predikant of pastoor gebruik) maar in vandag se dae het die skape 'n trappie geword vir die predikers om op die verhoë van die wêreld te kom, en vir sommige van hierdie wolwe beteken dit 'n groot inkomste.

Die eerste les wat Dawid geleer het was om nie Saul se wapenrusting aan te trek nie, en dit is ook 'n les vir diegene wat in die Huis van Dawid wil woon, want Saul se wapenrusting gaan vir jou 'n groot hindernis wees, en as jy jou met dit beklee gaan Goliat oor jou loop, want dit is 'n lang oorlog.

1 Sam.28:1‐7: "En toe die Filistyne in dié dae hulle leër versamel vir oorlog om teen Israel te veg, sê Agis vir Dawid: Jy moet goed verstaan dat jy met my saam in die leër moet uittrek, jy en jou manne. Daarop sê Dawid vir Agis: Goed, u weet wel wat u dienaar moet doen. En Agis sê vir Dawid: Goed, ek sal jou vir altyd aanstel as my lyfwag. En Samuel het gesterwe, en hulle het oor hom gerouklaag, die hele Israel, en

hom begrawe in Rama, naamlik in sy stad. En Saul het die dodebesweerders en die waarsêers uit die land verwyder. Daarop het die Filistyne bymekaargekom en ingetrek en laer opgeslaan in Sunem. En Saul het die hele Israel versamel, en hulle het laer opgeslaan op Gilbóa.

Toe Saul die leër van die Filistyne sien, het hy bevrees geword, en sy hart het baie gebewe. En Saul het die HERE geraadpleeg, maar die HERE het hom nie geantwoord nie‐‐nie deur drome en nie deur die Urim en nie deur die profete nie.

En Saul sê aan sy dienaars: Soek julle vir my 'n vrou wat 'n dodebesweerster is, dat ek na haar kan gaan en haar raadpleeg. En sy dienaars sê vir hom: Daar is 'n vrou, 'n dodebesweerster, in Endor".[Saul het nie meer by die HERE gehoor nie.]

Die Charismatise en Pinkster leiers van vandag lewe ook net so in 'n groot vrees. Hoekom was John Wimbur, Paul Kain en Gerald Coates se profesieë vals?

Hierdie mense het groot gepraat omdat hulle bang is, want hulle ken hulle eie geskiedenis, hulle weet dat hulle al vir bykans 30 jaar in hulle 'bedienings' staan, en hulle sien en hoor dat dit met hulle van sleg na slegter gaan. Dit is waarom hulle van een namaaksel na die ander namaaksel beweeg, (Soos die lag beweging) om mense in die donker te hou van wat werklik aan die gang is. Daar is dokumente om hierdie dinge te staaf. Hierdie mense het lank gelede al opgehou om by die Here te hoor. Benny Hinn gaan na 'n begrafplaas om by die dode boodskappe te kry, hy het gemeenskap met die dode! Hy ontvang sy salwing van die doodsbeendere van Aimee McPherson en Kathryn Cuhlman‐‐‐Wanneer predikers nie meer by God hoor nie, dan gaan hulle na die hekse van Endor! Dit was wat gebeur het, en dit is wat vandag weer gebeur.

Maar die Huis van Dawid het al sterker en sterker geword, hoe gebeur dit?.

Die Dawids is skaapwagter seuns: Hy wat getrou is in die minste sal ook getrou wees met die baie. Die Christene wat getrou en regverdig is in wat God alreeds vir hulle gegee het, soos om goeie vaders, goeie eggenote, goeie herders en kerkleiers te wees, en om mense te wees wat omgee vir diegene wat die Here alreeds vir hulle gegee het, dit is hierdie mense wat God gaan gebruik om Sy kuddes te bewaak, want ons Hemelse Vader lei mense op met die eenvoudige dinge om met die bonatuurlike dinge te kan werk. Die laaste ding wat Goliat kan verwag is 'n herder seun wat dodelik is met 'n slingervel, dit is die een ding wat hom in sy spore sal stuit.

Die soort mense wat die Here gaan oprig is mense wat Islam, die New Age, Rome, Homoseksuele en die vrymesselaars nie gaan verwag nie. Dit is mense wat God al lankal besig is om op te lei, mense wat dodelik is met 'n slingervel.

En dan begin God die huis van Dawid bou. Die een Huis sal sterker word terwyl die ander huis al swakker word.

God het die roeping en die Salwing van die huis van Saul af weggeneem, maar God laat toe dat die huis van Saul op eie stoom aan beweeg totdat Hy die Huis van Dawid begin bou. Wanneer geestelike misleiding begin plaasvind dan kan jy seker wees van drie dinge.

  • God gaan 'n Profetiese Stem teenoor hierdie misleiding laat opstaan, net soos met Samuel. Na hierdie Profetiese Stem sal nie geluister word nie, maar hulle sal dit sekerlik hoor.
  • Daar sal 'n getroue oorblyfsel wees wat na hierdie Stem sal luister en hulle sal daarop agslaan.
  • God sal 'n Nuwe Huis oprig.
  1. Sam. 22:2: "Verder het by hom vergader elkeen wat in benoudheid was, en elkeen wat 'n skuldeiser gehad het, en elkeen wat verbitterd was;‐‐"
  2. Dit word nie verwag dat die predikers van groot kerke, of die lidmate van welgestelde gemeentes, op groot skaal by die Huis van Dawid sal aansluit nie, Nee, baie min, net 'n oorblyfsel van hierdie mense sal aansluit by die Huis van Dawid, en van die wat nie sal aansluit nie sal die beste van hulle net soos Jónatan wees. Die mense wat by die Huis van Dawid gaan aansluit sal mense wees soos u, verloorders, uitvaagsels en wat niks is nie. Maar ons is nou niks nie, maar die vraag is: Wat was ons van tevore? Ons het niks wat nie die produk is van waarmee Koning Jesus ons gered het nie!
  3. Sam.23:8: "Dit is die name van die helde wat Dawid gehad het: Joseb‐Bassebet, 'n Tagkemoniet, die hoof van die adjudante; hy was Adino, die Esniet, teen agt honderd wat op een keer gesneuwel het.‐‐

V.9: En ná hom was Eleásar, die seun van Dodo, die Ahohiet, onder die drie helde by Dawid; toe hulle die Filistyne uitgedaag het wat daar bymekaar was om te veg, en die manne van Israel weggetrek het, het hy opgestaan en onder die Filistyne geslaan totdat sy hand moeg geword en sy hand aan die swaard gekleef het, sodat die HERE daardie dag 'n groot oorwinning bewerk het.‐‐

V.16: Toe het die drie helde deur die laer van die Filistyne gebreek en water geskep uit die put van Betlehem wat by die poort was, en dit gedra en na Dawid gebring;‐‐"

Die Christene van vandag hardloop weg vir Islam, die New Age, Rome en vir enige ding, hulle het geen ruggraat nie, en hulle is bang om te veg.

Maar God gaan klein seuntjies leer hoe om met 'n slingervel te gooi, Hy gaan magtige manne bymekaar maak. Wie was hierdie groot manne van Dawid? Wie was hierdie bevelvoerders? Hulle is die Bevelvoerders van die Leër van Israel, hulle is dieselfde manne waarvan ons in 1 Sam.22:2 lees, hulle is die mense wat verbitterd en nikswerd is nie. God neem die verloorders en maak van hulle oorwinnaars.

Waar maak onse here van die verloorders oorwinnaars?

God neem iemand wat niks is nie en maak hom 'n herder oor 5000 mense! Waar leer hierdie mense wat niks is, om generaals te word? Hulle sluit aan by die Huis van Dawid‐‐‐maar waar is die huis?

1 Sam. 23:15: "Maar Dawid het bemerk dat Saul uittrek om sy lewe te soek. Dawid was naamlik in die woestyn Sif, in Hores". (Die Huis is in die woestyn, die wildernis)

Daar is twee soorte beproewings in die Bybel: Die Vallei pad en die Woestyn pad. Die woestyn pad is 'n lang beproewing, soos wat die Jode vir 40 jaar deur die woestyn gewandel het. In die natuur is 'n woestyn 'n plek van die dood, en dit is waarom net die Nuwe geslag, (Die nuwe skepping) (Die wedergeborenes) in die Hemel, die Beloofde land, kan ingaan en nie die ou geslag, die ongereddes, nie. God gebruik die Woestyn om die ou vlees (Die ou geslag) dood te maak.

Dit is 'n lang oorlog, en Dawid word stadig aan sterker en sterker en Saul (Die ou vlees) word al swakker en swakker. Maar Saul is nog steeds daar totdat die Huis van Dawid gereed is. Waar word die Huis van Dawid al sterker? Waar het die verloorders die groot manne van Israel geword?‐‐In die woestyn!

Hulle voorbereiding en opvoeding is in die woestyn, en dit is hulle wat die Liggaam van Christus, die Kerk, die gemeente, weer gaan oprig en hulle is al reeds besig om hulle te vestig in die huis van Dawid.

1 Sam.26:23: "Die HERE tog vergeld aan elkeen sy regverdigheid en sy getrouheid‐‐die HERE het u vandag in my hand gegee, maar ek wou nie my hand teen die gesalfde van die HERE uitsteek nie"

Ons hoor baie: "Moet nie die gesalfde van die Here aanraak nie"

Dawid het nie God se gesalfde, Saul aangeraak nie maar dit het nie vir Samuel of Dawid verhoed om die waarheid oor Saul te praat nie.

Waar kry mense die idee dat hulle God se Gesalfdes is? Nie uit die Bybel nie! Dit is hulle eie uitvindsels! My Gesalfde in Hebreeus is:‐‐Ha Mashiach‐‐}} Die GESALFDE EEN {

Daar is net EEN GESALFDE, en dit is Koning Jesus Christus.

Hand. 2:36: "Laat dan die hele huis van Israel sekerlik weet dat God Hom (Jesus Christus) Here en Christus [‐‐HA MASHIACH‐‐] gemaak het, hierdie Jesus wat julle gekruisig het".

Ps.133: "'n Bedevaartslied. Van Dawid. Kyk, hoe goed en hoe lieflik is dit dat broers ook saamwoon! Dit is soos die kosbare olie (Die uitgestorte Gees) op die hoof, wat afloop op die baard, die baard van Aäron, wat afloop op die soom van sy klere".

Aäron is die simbool, 'n voorbeeld, van Christus, 'n Ou Testamentiese Skaduwee van Yeshua. Jesus Christus is Gesalf, want die Olie is op Sy Hoof uitgestort, en daarna vloei dit van Koning Jesus se Hoof oor Sy Liggaam.

Die man is die hoof van die vrou, soos wat Christus die Hoof is van die Gemeente, die Kerk. Ons is die Liggaam van Christus. Om Gesalf te word moet ons deel word van die Liggaam van Christus, ons moet onder Koning Jesus se Hoofskap kom, want Hy is die Gesalfde en ons sal absoluut geen salwing ontvang as ons nie deel van Sy Liggaam is nie.

Baie, baie mense is vandag nie deel van die Liggaam van Christus nie omdat hulle nie meer vir Christus as die Hoof van die Gemeente erken nie en ook omdat hulle wil wees soos Paulus. Voordat Christus Gesalf was om as Koning te Heers, was Hy eerstens gesalf vir die dode in die huis van Martha en Maria, en voordat iemand Gesalf word vir die Lewe, moet hulle gesalf word vir die dode.

Paulus sê dat die teken van sy Salwing die merke van die Kruis aan sy liggaam is, Paulus is Gesalf en hy het elke dag vir die gemeente gesterf. Paulus het wonders en tekens gedoen en gemeentes opgerig. Hy het nie gesê dat die bewys van sy Salwing rykdom en groot gemeente getalle mense is wat gered word nie. Dit is waarom God Paulus met Krag Gesalf het. Dit het ook nie vir Samuel en Dawid verhoed om die waarheid oor Saul te praat nie, en so moet dit vir jou en my ook wees.

1.Sam.16:13‐14: "Samuel neem toe die horing met olie en salf hom te midde van sy broers, en die Gees van die HERE het van dié dag af en verder oor Dawid vaardig geword. En Samuel het klaargemaak en na Rama gegaan. Maar die Gees van die HERE het van Saul gewyk, en 'n bose gees, deur die HERE gestuur, het hom verskrik".

Die beste dinge wat u van vandag se hiper Charismatiese verskynsels sien, is niks anders as sielekrag nie. Sommige van hierdie dinge is demonies en sommige is boos. Genesings wat deur Maria plaasvind is nie van God nie. God sal nie Sy Heerlikheid aan iemand anders gee nie.

Saul het onder 'n demoniese mag gekom, en vandag is dit weer so. Baie van hierdie valse lerings en bewegings is baie seker niks anders as demoniese misleidings nie, net soos wat hierdie dinge in die Woord van die Here alreeds gebeur het, gebeur dit vandag weer. Die Huis van Dawid is êrens daar buite, en hulle weet wie hulle is.

  1. Sam.18:14‐15: "En Dawid was voorspoedig in al sy weë, want die HERE was met hom. Toe Saul sien dat hy baie voorspoedig was, het hy vir hom bang geword".
  2. Daar sal 'n tyd kom wanneer die Huis van Dawid uit die stof van die woestyn gaan opstaan, en dit is die tyd wanneer die huis van Saul baie afgunstig gaan word, en hy gaan die gemeente wat in die Huis van Dawid is haat en doodmaak, en dit sal die tyd wees wanneer u openlik met iets soos Sataniese en bose geeste te doen gaan kry. Onthou, die huis van Saul is net bekommerd oor een ding, en dit is Self beskerming en oorlewing.
  3. Sam.5:19: "Toe het Dawid die HERE geraadpleeg en gesê: Sal ek optrek teen die Filistyne? Sal U hulle in my hand gee? En die HERE het aan Dawid gesê: Trek op, want Ek sal die Filistyne verseker in jou hand gee".

Ja, daar kom 'n tyd wanneer die Charismate en die Pinkster groepe nie meer sal kan doen wat die Huis van Dawid kan doen nie. Hulle stem sal nêrens meer gehoor wil word nie en hulle gaan geen teenvoeter wees vir die New Age, Islam en ekumeniese bewegings nie, omdat hulle geen durf meer sal hê nie. Hulle gaan net bekommerd wees oor self oorlewing, oor hulle huise, hulle geld en hulle klein koninkrykies.

Wanneer die Huis van Dawid opgerig is, dan sal daar mense wees wat gaan weet hoe om die 800 te laat val, hulle sal weet hoe om op te tree teenoor Islam, die Newe Age, Homoseksuele en Rome, en God sal aan hulle die oorwinning gee.

2 Sam. 5:1‐3: "Toe kom al die stamme van Israel na Dawid in Hebron, (Die plek van gemeenskap) en hulle spreek en sê: Hier is ons, u been en u vlees is ons! Gister sowel as eergister toe Saul koning oor ons was, het ú Israel uit‐‐ en ingelei; en die HERE het aan u gesê: Jy moet my volk Israel oppas, en jy moet 'n vors wees oor Israel. So het dan al die oudstes van Israel na die koning in Hebron gekom; en koning Dawid het met hulle 'n verbond in Hebron gesluit voor die aangesig van die HERE, en hulle het Dawid as koning oor Israel gesalf"

God het alreeds vir Dawid Gesalf.

Daar sal 'n tyd kom wanneer die getroue mense as vlugtelinge na die Huis van Dawid toe sal kom, hulle sal kom na die plek van gemeenskap, na Hebron, omdat die huis van Saul verwoes sal wees, maar dit sal wees met 'n ongelukkige uitsondering, en dit sal die moeilikste saak wees wat in die komende tyd gaan plaasvind, en dit is die besluite van die Jónatan's.

  1. Sam. 31:2: "En die Filistyne het Saul en sy seuns agternagesit, en die Filistyne het Jónatan en Abinádab en Malkisúa, die seuns van Saul, gedood.
  2. Sam. 1:11: "Toe gryp Dawid sy klere en skeur dit; net so al die manne wat by hom was". Dit is die een uitsonderlike tragiese aspek van hierdie hele saak: Die Jónatan's!

Jónatan het geweet dat Dawid reg was, en hy het geweet dat Dawid deur God self aangestel was, hy het geweet dat Dawid eerlik en opreg was, en hy het ook geweet dat sy vader se huis verkeerd begin loop het, hy het geweet dat sy vader bedorwe was, ook het hy gesien hoedat die land ten gronde gaan asgevolg van die afvalligheid van sy vader se huis, maar Jónatan kon nie wegbreek van sy vader en sy huis nie. Net so is daar vandag mense in gemeentes wat weet wat aangaan, wat weet dat dinge verkeerd is maar hulle kan nie daar wegkom nie, mense wat vasgemaak is, en nie kan, of wil losbreek van die huis van Saul nie, dit is hulle wat gaan sterf op Gilbóa, dit is mense wat nie nodig het om te sterwe nie, en dit sal die moeilikste ding wees om te beleef. Dit sal welbekende mense wees, vriende famillie, mense vir wie jy lief is, dit sal mense wees wat moeg is vir die valshede wat aan hulle opgedis word maar hulle het net nie die moed en die durf om te luister na die Stem om pad te gee uit hierdie huis uit nie. In wie se Huis wil u wees, in die Huis van Dawid of in die huis van Saul? As u in die Huis van Dawid wil inkom dan moet u eerstens in die woestyn inkom, u moet Egipte verlaat, want dit is waar God die Huis van Dawid bou.

Jy kan van een ding seker seker wees, die huis van Saul jou gaan haat, vervolg en verdruk, en jy sal moet kennis neem dat as jy iewers wil kom, dan kan jy dit nie in die wapenrusting van Saul doen nie, en ook sal jy moet kennis neem dat baie van hierdie mense nog steeds jou familie en vriende gaan wees. (Moet nie die gesalfdes van die Here aanraak nie) Jy kan die waarheid oor hulle werke en dade verkondig, maar net God alleen kan hulle verwyder. Ons sal die smart en pyn, net soos wat Dawid gely het oor Jónatan,

ook net so moet verduur. Dit sal 'n smartlike lyding wees omdat baie van hierdie mense, mense gaan wees wat jy ken en liefhet, jou eie familie. Omdat hulle nie kon besluit om uit die huis van Saul pad te gee nie! Daar sal 'n tyd kom wanneer die huis van Saul inmekaar gaan stort, want hoe kan dinge aangaan soos wat dit aangaan? Dit is een leuen op die ander, een toneelspel na die ander!

Dawid se Huis sal in Hebron opgerig wees, die plek van Gemeenskap, en sommiges sal hulle daarby aansluit, en wanneer daardie dag aanbreek, dan sal ons Hemelse Vader vir ons die oorwinning gee oor die Filistyne, Agag, die Amalakiete, Islam, New Age, Vrymesselaars en al die afgode. In die Huis van Dawid of in die huis van Saul, in albei is daar baie plek, maar die keuse is vir jouself, jy moet self kies.

As u die Huis van Dawid verkies, dat moet u nou besluit, in hierdie uur is die tyd, doen dit nou en moet nie uitstel nie, maak gou want die tyd is absoluut een minnuut voor middernag, maak gou. Vlug na Koning Jesus want Hy is die Bouer van die Huis van Dawid. †††


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).
By David Passmore May 25, 2026
Signs of the Times Tony Pearce ‍ ‍ Left, right or center – is our democracy in danger “Things fall apart, the center does not hold. Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.” W.B Yeats ‘The Second Coming. ’ ‍ ‍ Labour’s losses in the council elections and the battle for succession to their unpopular leader Kier Starmer have raised the possibility that we may soon have our seventh Prime Minister in ten years. Local elections saw Reform and the Greens make sweeping gains, leading Green Party leader, Zack Polanski to say that we are seeing ‘the end of the old two party system’. Maybe we are. In which case what comes next? Will we head to the far left, the far right or will the center hold on to power? Or will it end with ungovernable chaos as unqualified people take control of local and national government? Behind all this there are fundamental questions, ‘What is government for? Who does it represent and where is it going?’ ‍ ‍‍ ‍ According to the Bible (Romans 13) the purpose of government is to promote good and restrain evil. The government has the right to raise taxes for the common good of society and people should pay them. In 1 Timothy 2 Paul encourages us to pray for the government that ‘we may live a godly and peaceable life’. In other words, pray that the government will create an orderly and peaceful society and not interfere with our right to set up communities that teach and preach the Word of God. The situation becomes more difficult when we see government promoting things which are harmful and restraining things which are good and clamping down on freedom of speech with a threat to our ability to live a ‘godly and peaceable life’ ‍ Since becoming a Christian in my early twenties, I have wrestled with the question of how our faith applies to contemporary political issues. I started this quest on the left politically after leaving university and working as an English teacher with sympathies for Marxism. I then became a born again Christian in 1970, and joined my late wife Nikki in evangelizing the radical left, by handing out leaflets at their marches and demonstrations in London and attending their meetings to discuss matters of faith and politics with them. ‍ ‍‍ ‍ We had some good discussions with people and hope we made some consider the Christian alternative. However as we looked at Marxism from a Christian point of view and its practice in Communist countries, we understood that behind this ideology there is a strong anti-christian spirit. It denies the existence of God and promotes the idea of human perfectibility by our own effort. This is exemplified in the words of the Internationale, the socialist battle hymn, ‘No saviour from on high delivers, no faith have we in prince or peer, our own right hand the chains will shiver, chains of hatred, greed and fear.’ This Antichrist spirit led to the persecution of Christians in the Communist countries of eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and China. Far from creating the socialist paradise on earth that Lenin wrote about in ‘Socialism and Religion’, it created a society ruled by hatred, greed and fear, controlled by secret police, prison camps and responsible for the death of millions. ‍ ‍ In western society we have witnessed the growth of ‘cultural Marxism’ a movement aimed at infiltrating and changing society from within, rather than fomenting the workers’ revolution. Labour’s Fabian Society, with its (now discarded) logo of the wolf in sheep’s clothing, has been engaged in this process since the beginning of the 20th century. Social change really took off with the permissive society in the 1960s, which succeeded in changing traditional values, especially in the area of sex and the family. It replaced biblical values with a new ‘morality’ that is fundamentally anti Christian. These ideas have permeated large swathes of our society including the education system, the judiciary, the Civil Service, much of the media, mainstream political parties (including even the Conservative ‘wets’ and parts of the established church). ‍ ‍ Melanie Phillips describes the results of this in her book, ‘The Builder’s Stone.’ ‘Having decided that the West was rotten to the core, western elites set out to create a new culture that would usher in the brotherhood of man and eradicate hatred, prejudice, and war. Their Brave New World junked biblical religion with all its constraints on behaviour and revolved instead around self gratification. Everybody had the right to live as they wanted; nobody could say that their way of life was better or worse than anyone else’s; no one had the right to say that their culture was better than any other culture. That was ‘racism.’ At the heart of all this was the doctrine that there was no such thing as objective truth. Everything was relative; everything was a matter of opinion. Because there was no truth feelings became more important than facts. So the West abandoned the codes of morality, conscience, truth and lies, personal responsibility, and duty to others in favour of a culture of the self. In the process it junked its inherited traditions and biblical codes on which western culture was based.’ ‍ Britain changed from being a society that respected values based on the 10 Commandments and the teaching of Jesus Christ to one that discarded them for relative values. Ideas of ‘diversity, inclusion and equity’ became the norm, together with and a form of ‘tolerance’, that is really very intolerant if you oppose it. This ‘tolerance’ means accepting the virtues of multiculturalism and humanism and believing that all gods are equally valid or true (or none are). We must also accept that all lifestyles and family arrangements including homosexual and transsexual ones are just as valid as traditional two parent heterosexual families, with a father and mother committed to each other in lifelong matrimony looking after their own children. ‍ As society accepts this radical change in how we view culture, morality and religion, we are told not to criticize other cultures and world views or imply that they are anything less than equal to the culture, morality and faith derived from the Bible. ‍ All this has not improved society. Instead we have a collapse of values with no central idea to hold it together, just a group of competing ‘communities’ which are often only united in opposition to the traditional values and culture of Great Britain. A good example of this is the ‘red – green alliance’ of radical leftists and Islamists who come together to denounce Israel and campaign to ‘globalise the Intifada’. In practice this means a world wide war against Israel and Judaeo-Christian society and a desire to replace it with their version of either Islamism or Communism. However if one of them were to come to power, you can be sure that the Islamist’s would get rid of the leftists or vice versa. In fact that happened in Iran’s 1979 revolution, when Islamist supporters of Khomeini and Communists came together to get rid of the Shah. Then the Islamists seized power, turned on the Communists and wiped them out. ‍ Alisteir Heath wrote in the Daily Telegraph: ‘Ruined by decades of political vandalism, the Britain we knew and loved, a land of stability, pragmatism, and ancient freedoms, is no more. Today’s UK is uglier, impoverished, volatile and disorderly. We’ve lost our level-headedness. Anger and frustration have become our defining emotions. Our institutions have wasted away, and we have been taught to despise our history. The decline of family, community and faith have led to alienation, dependence on welfare and the rise of novel ideologies, mostly secular but also sectarian, turbocharged by social media. While the state becomes unnervingly authoritarian, the air reeks of insurrection and every variety of extremism. The British public’s sense of betrayal is as well-founded as it is dangerous. The machinery of state is incompetent and self-serving, a vehicle for social engineering in the global interest.’ ‍ ‍ ‍ Criticism of this process now risks being classed as ‘hate crime’ with a growing authoritarian society monitoring social media posts and public teaching of alternative ideas in ways which risk shutting down free speech in our society. A Christian teacher Enoch Burke is currently in prison in Dublin after he was suspended from his job and jailed after refusing to accept and teach transgenderism in the school. ‍ ‍ ‍ Nick Timothy, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, got into trouble when he questioned mass Muslim prayer in Trafalgar Square. He wrote: ‘Mass ritual prayer in public places is an act of domination. The adhan – which declares there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger – is, when called in a public place, a declaration of domination. The domination of public places is straight from the Islamist playbook.” He is right in this. Allah hu Akhbar actually means Allah is greater, greater than your God, Muhammad is greater than Jesus and the Koran is greater than the Bible. ‍ ‍ ‍ Tim Dieppe of Christian Concern for our Nation wrote: “The fact that we have mass Islamic prayer in Trafalgar Square at all is indicative of the massive culture change that we have seen in the last few decades. A culture change that was not voted for or ever agreed to by the British people. And, a culture change that can hardly be described as having been entirely beneficial to our culture as a whole. I only need to mention grooming gangs involving mostly Pakistani Muslim men , sharia courts, honour crimes, terror attacks, the assassination of an MP, an attempt to blockade Parliament, mass antisemitic marches through London, a convicted terrorist standing for local elections, sectarianism, and many other examples to make the point. Earlier this month, the Government gave Muslims special protection with the adoption of an official definition of anti-Muslim hostility .” ‍ ‍ ‍ You are not really supposed to question this in public life today. A message circulating on social media is an apt commentary on all this. ‘First they overlook evil, then they permit evil, then they legalise evil, then they promote evil, then celebrate evil, then persecute those who call it evil.’ Soviet dissident Solzhenitsyn wrote: ‘A Communist system can be recognised by how it spares criminals and criminalises its opponents.’ ‍ ‍ ‍ The root cause of all this is the rejection of God and biblical values. The 18th-century French philosopher Joseph de Maistre coined the phrase "people get the government they deserve." David Pawson followed up on this idea, arguing that in democratic societies like ours, the moral and spiritual condition of a nation's citizens is directly reflected in the leaders they elect. If the general public abandons moral truths, they will inevitably vote for governments that reflect those same compromises. David Pawson taught that God may use governmental leadership to judge or bless a nation, depending on the people's obedience. He noted that Hebrew prophets saw wicked rulers as a form of divine judgement on a society that has strayed from God's laws. Therefore a nation's ultimate hope rests on repentance rather than just political change. His conclusion is that Christians should actively stand for moral truth in society. He believed that the church is meant to influence culture upward, and that a decline in national morality inevitably leads to deteriorating governance. ‍ ‍ ‍ Sadly much of the church today has become the ‘salt that has lost its savour’ through compromise with antichristian forces in society and government. It may be too late to save our country and western democracy as social and economic pressures create a collapse of democracy and push us either towards anarchy or dictatorship. ‍ ‍ ‍ Yeats’ poem quoted at the beginning of this article ends with the enigmatic line ‘Some rough beast slouches towards Bethlehem to be born.’ Most likely he is referring to the coming anti-Messiah who is labelled the Beast in the book of Revelation. Many believe his is now waiting in the wings to replace the true Messiah (born in Bethlehem) and bring in the dictatorship prophesied in Revelation 13. The Bible indicates that the Beast or Antichrist will have power for a moment, but it will be short lived and doomed to destruction at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ to the earth. Then the kingdoms of this world will become the kingdom of our God and of His Messiah and He shall reign forever and ever (Revelation 11.15) and the ‘government shall be on His shoulder’ (Isaiah 9.6). ‍ ‍ ‍ Maranatha come Lord Jesus. ‍ ‍ ‍ Water, water nowhere and not a drop to drink. (Apologies to the Ancient Mariner) ‍ ‍‍ ‍ While nations worry about supply of oil and gas as a result of the war in the Gulf and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a much more vital commodity for human survival is water. And it is in short supply in a growing number of nations. ‍ ‍ As of 2026, over 25 countries face extremely high water stress, with the most severe crises located in the Middle East and North Africa. This region is home to the world's most water-stressed nations, including Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Yemen, and Libya. India and Pakistan face critical water scarcity due to overexploitation of aquifers and population density. Much of Africa , Somalia and Ethiopia in particular are facing severe shortages due to drought and climate change. Mexico and parts of the United States (particularly Texas and the west coast) are experiencing significant water shortages and declining groundwater levels. ‍ ‍ ‍ Iran is facing a severe, multi-year water crisis as of May 2026, with major cities like Tehran, Mashhad, and Karaj approaching the point where taps could run dry due to depleted reservoirs. Groundwater is depleted across most of the country, and nineteen provinces are experiencing severe drought. The crisis is driven by a combination of climate change and decades of poor water management, including excessive dam construction and inefficient, water-intensive agriculture. China is facing a severe, multi-faceted water crisis defined by extreme scarcity in the north, widespread pollution, and mismanagement, threatening its food supply and economic growth. ‍ ‍ ‍ Several countries are significantly affected by upstream dam construction that reduces downstream water flow, causing, environmental, and diplomatic crises. These countries include Iraq, heavily impacted by dams built on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers by Turkey and Iran, leading to reduced water for agriculture, destruction of forests, and increased sandstorms. Egypt and Sudanface significant water security risks due to the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile. Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laosare affected of dams built by China on the upper Mekong River ‍ ‍ One country which bucks this trend is Israel. Israel manages its water resources by transforming a chronic shortage into a surplus through large-scale desalination, extensive wastewater recycling, and a centralised national water carrier system. The agriculture sector has shifted away from freshwater, using treated effluent instead. Advanced drip irrigation technologies are widely used to minimise waste. Israel has exported its water technologies to countries around the world, particularly Africa where it has given advice on how to use limited water resources to great effect. ‍ ‍ ‍ Without water no society on earth can survive. Bible prophecies indicate that water shortage and pollution will be a global problem in the last days. Most obviously no water equals no food, so famine is an inevitable result of water shortages. Jesus warned of this as a sign of the last days in Matthew 24.7. Revelation 8.10-11 speaks of something called ‘Wormwood’ falling on rivers and springs of water causing it to become bitter and many to die from drinking it. ‍ ‍ Prophecy speaks of the two great rivers of the ancient world, the Nile and the Euphrates, being affected by a crisis causing the Euphrates to dry up (Revelation 16.12) and the Nile to become contaminated and its waters turn foul (Isaiah 19.5-11). Isaiah 24 speaks of a curse devouring the earth in the last days causing the earth to be ‘defiled (or polluted) under its inhabitants.’ ‍ ‍ ‍ According to the New Scientist, there are massive amounts of water hidden deep beneath the Earth's surface. Scientists have found evidence of a reservoir of water three times the volume of all surface oceans combined, located roughly 250–400 miles underground within the mantle. ‍ ‍ ‍ It may be that the Lord will release this water to replenish and clean up the earth in the Millennial kingdom when ‘waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert. The parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water.’ Isaiah 35. Zechariah 14.8-9 says, ‘In that day it shall be that living waters shall flow from Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and half of them toward the western sea; In both summer and winter it shall occur. And the Lord shall be King over all the earth.’ Zechariah 14.8-9. See also Ezekiel 47. ‍ Rethinking Russia ‍ Things are not going well for Vladimir Putin in his ‘special military operation’. Four years after invading Ukraine in February 2022, Russia is not making advances and actually losing ground. Russia is losing as many as 25,000- 35,000 casualties a month and over 1.2 million have been killed and wounded since the war began. Ukrainian skills in drone warfare have destroyed large quantities of Russian equipment, tanks, armoured personnel carriers, artillery and rocket systems, helicopters, and naval vessels. ‍ ‍ Russia is spending an estimated 40% of the entire federal budget on the war effort. As a result of this and western sanctions, Russia is increasingly unable to fix chronic infrastructure problems at home. During the bitter Russian winter thousands of people were left without heat, light, or even water. All forms of transport, trains, trucks and planes, are facing logistical problems, making it difficult to transport goods and people across the vast Russian regions. Russia is on the way to an infrastructure collapse that will likely take decades to recover. ‍ ‍ Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov warned the State Duma that Russia's faltering economy risks stoking a 1917-style revolution. He demanded urgent financial and economic measures by autumn to avert a potential economic collapse. This raises the danger of the Russian Federation fracturing. The Caucuses are restive, the far east is looking to China and Siberia is facing an acute problem as a result of melting permafrost, causing buildings, bridges and pipelines to collapse. ‍ ‍ In the present circumstances it is hard to see how Russia could lead the Gog and Magog invasion of Israel (Ezekiel 38-39). Some have said that it is more likely that Turkey is the lead power in the War of Gog and Magog. They say that Meshech and Tubal are not Moscow and Tobolsk, but regions of modern Turkey. Erdogan’s Turkey is backed by an Islamist world view hostile to Israel, seeking the recovery of its Ottoman Empire. He has his eyes on taking control of Jerusalem. Turkey is possession of a large land army already stationed in the region, some of it occupying part of Syria. ‍ ‍ The alternative is that the War of Gog and Magog is some way off, possibly part of Armageddon, giving time for Russia to recover from its present distress. We wait and see, but meanwhile spare a thought and a prayer for the people of Ukraine and Russia, suffering as a result of Putin’s futile war, oppressed by his corrupt dictatorship and facing an economic and social collapse caused by his failed policies. ‍ ‍
By David Passmore May 25, 2026
Trump's Visit with Xi Rubin Rothler LLB, LLM The tempest path of Sino-U.S. tensions came to a head during Trump's first term in office with the outbreak of Covid. Many commentators believed that the deterioration in relations was in terminal decline and that a major confrontation in the straits of Taiwan was fast looming. Trump held China responsible for the spread of Covid, insisting that he would pursue reparations. The election of Biden halted this commitment. Biden sought a non-confrontational policy towards Beijing. In the aftermath of the disastrous premature withdrawal from Afghanistan handing that country over to the Taliban and the Russian invasion of Ukraine under his watch, Biden became too preoccupied to assertively engage with China. Chinese State media portrayed Trump's visit as being rather unremarkable in the context of other foreign dignitaries lining up to meet Xi, pointing out that just a week later Putin would arrive in Beijing. China manifests that it is winning the trade war that Trump began in 2018, beating America at its own game of capitalism. They frame the U.S. as being in a position of weakness because China is able to source whatever products they buy from the U.S. elsewhere like oil from Canada, and soybeans from Brazil. The oil, soybeans and 200 Boeing's Xi agreed to purchase from Trump were presented as a mere gesture to placate Trump as China has already bought 350 Air Buses in the last year. China would have the world believe that it is only semi-conductors where America has the edge. Here China hints that it is not likely to buy H200 Invidia Chips because it would mean that China will always lag behind the U.S. in building their AI tech. China's major contention and concern is that the U.S. may impose export controls to contain China. China's strategy instead is to invest massively on indigenous innovation. China wants to become an innovation powerhouse that will export its own Chips to the Global South. China is fast catching up with America's lead in AI with the launch of Deep Seek and they claim similar progress with Chip making. China is now ostensibly only eight months behind the U.S. on Large Language Models. Running contrary to this narrative Trump insists that China is desperate to trade with America. China's economy has now peaked. Emblematic of this stagnating growth is rising youth unemployment. China is no longer America's biggest trading partner. Trump has shifted manufacturing back to the U.S. and Trump believes that China can't revive its economy without America. Lined up to meet Xi with Trump were the heads of some of America's biggest Tech Corporations. Corporations like nvidia seek a relaxing of export controls for Chips as they want short term profits, ignoring the risk that China will reverse engineer this technology. More broadly, China and the U.S. are playing a geopolitical chess game spanning the globe. Trump outmaneuvered China in Latin America with the removal of Maduro from power in Venezuela. China is exploiting its influence on Iran in order to get Trump to refrain from taking more active steps towards the defense of Taiwan. Indeed, Trump didn't say anything about Taiwan during his visit. Trump's instincts are of a transactional approach towards alliances, where he is only willing to underwrite defense assistance if allies pay up as an insurer would. It is also important to note that saber rattling the Taiwan card also serves the CCP agenda to distract internal dissent concerning the state of the Chinese economy. Most imminently Trump needs China to pressure Iran to open the Straits of Hormuz and get oil prices down before the midterm elections. China has largely insulated itself from the Gulf energy impact due to stockpiles. Trump would also like China to stop providing Iran with GPS for its missiles. Other Chinese weapons systems and technology sold to Iran have failed to perform well against U.S. and Israeli military hardware. Matters boil down to a leverage between whatever Trump can do on Taiwan, China can do on the strait of Hormouz with Iran. Human Rights concerns, espionage and the alarming rate of Chinese acquisition of U.S. land have been placed on the back burner for the time being.  (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).
By David Passmore May 17, 2026
Moriel & Jacob Prasch request prayer for Phil Malone and family “Please keep me and my family in prayer. My mum passed away on 13th May at the age of 93. It's a time of mourning, but may it be a time for the Gospel of Christ to be preached to my unbelieving family, especially my brother.”
By Mea Fredrickson May 13, 2026
Moriel & Jacob Prasch request prayer for Sister Joanne Rizzetto, wife of Pastor Dave Rizzetto of Church of The Open Door in New York City. Joanne has developed painful complications and adverse side effects from medications following knee surgery. May The Lord intervene for healing and give guidance to her physicians. Lord, we humbly ask you to intervene in the life of our dear sister. We know you can do all things and that you hear our prayers and consider your servants. Please put a stop to the adverse reaction. Restrain and reverse its effects and restore our sister so that she can continue to serve you in the ministry that you have called them to. We do glorify Your Name. We don't ask as those who treat you as our debtor, but as those who have tasted your goodness and found such mercy and compassion at your feet. Grace and peace and mercy be with Joanne and Pastor Dave.
By David Passmore May 5, 2026
Will Lebanon miss its golden opportunity? Rubin Rothler LLB, LLM Converging new facts on the ground have transformed the political landscape in Lebanon. With Assad removed from power in Syria, a vital lifeline of arms supplies for Hezbollah originating in Iran has diminished. Hezbollah suffered considerable losses in its last round of fighting with Israel. The decapitation of its leadership with the targeted pager attack inflicted a severe blow. Hezbollah's new leader Naim Qassem is a weak substitute for the charismatic Nasrallah who was assassinated by Israel in 2024. Hezbollah in its frail state foolishly fell into line with Iran's instruction to join the fighting against Israel following the recent American-Israeli war with Iran. This was contrary to the wishes of the Lebanese government which was fearful of the inevitable destruction that would be wreaked by the Israeli response. The differing attitudes to Israel amongst Lebanon's population is reflective of its ethnic composition. The predominant groups in order of plurality are Christians, Shia Muslims and Sunni Muslims with a smaller minority of Druze. The major concern of most Christians in Lebanon is the dire state of their economy. They have no appetite to further their plight by invoking Israel's rage. During the colonial inter war period the French envisaged the demarcation between Lebanon and Syria as carving out enclaves for Christian and Druze control. Within Lebanon there would be a shared government that by convention would have the Executive power split between a Christian President, a Sunni Prime Minister and Shia Speaker of Parliament. The Christians in southern Lebanon (particularly Maronite Catholics) saw themselves as being anthropologically descendants of ancient Phoenicians as opposed to an Arab identity where the Arab Christians were largely Eastern Orthodox. The schism between the Maronites and the Arab Eastern Orthodox dates back to the time of the Crusades. The Maronites were culturally French, speaking French as their main language and held precedence in much of the Lebanese economy. The first threat to Lebanese stability and cohesion was settled by the U.S. Eisenhower administration in 1958 which landed Marines in an amphibious operation. A repeated attempt at this by the Reagan administration in 1983 ended in a military disaster for the U.S. due to suicide bombings by Iranian controlled terrorists. Israeli efforts to bring in stability during the Lebanese Civil War in conjunction with its Lebanese Christian allies led by Major Saad Haddad likewise came to calamity when the Sabra and Shatila revenge attacks took place following the assassination of Lebanese leader Bashir Gemayel. The ''Good Fence'' policy of an Israeli friendly free Lebanon zone in Southern Lebanon eventually ended badly following Menachem Begin's second incursion into Lebanon called ''Shalom HaGalil'' aimed at stopping the PLO rocket attacks on Israeli border communities like Metulla, Kiryat Shmona, Naharya, Rosh Hanikra, Tzfat and Carmiel. The proxy Israeli occupation from the Israeli border to the Litani river became an imbroglio that many in Israel viewed as Israel's Vietnam with widespread domestic protest and a collapse of morale within the IDF. Eventually Israel absorbed Christian war refugees from Lebanon, while the Vatican and most of the Christian world turned their backs on the Lebanese Christians. Lebanon was then saddled with two states within a state. The first was in the aftermath of Black September in 1970 when King Hussein of Jordan defended his Hashemite throne and government from Yasser Arafat's attempt to take over Jordan due to Jordan having a 70% Palestinian Arab demographic majority. The Jordanian legion drove tens of thousands of its pro Arafat Jordanian citizens into Lebanon, creating a population base for the first state within a state under Arafat. However the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and other factions had their niche interests. Courtesy of the Israeli Air Force Arafat relocated what he saw as his government in exile to Tunisia. This was a missed opportunity by the Lebanese government to assert its autonomy and full territorial control by making a Camp David type peace with Israel inclusive of economic and mutual security provisions. Instead an Iranian backed Syrian intervention replaced Arafat's state within a state with a new one that morphed into Hezbollah. The fall of the Assad regime and the Israeli counter-offensive against Hezbollah re-presents Lebanon with the opportunity that it once lost. The predominantly Christian controlled Lebanese military could and should operationally coordinate with the IDF, to obliterate and remove Hezbollah as the Israelis relieved Lebanon of Arafat's state within a state. Such a rapprochement would likely have strong American and possibly French and British support, allowing Lebanon to be at a non-combative peace with Israel along the lines of Egypt and Jordan, and now some of the Emirates. The natural comradery of the Lebanese Druze community with the Israeli Druze and the pro-Israeli Druze of Syria would additionally re-enforce a regional harmony, as would the Maronite Christian community in Israel with their co-coreligionists in Lebanon.  (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).
By David Passmore May 5, 2026
PASTOR JOHN ANGLISS It is with profound sadness that we learned of the temporary separation from our friend and brother Pastor John Angliss. We look forward to being reunited with John in the millennial reign of Christ and indeed in God's Eternal Kingdom. Jacob Prasch visited John a few weeks ago in the UK while John was in hospice care having been diagnosed preterminal in his illness. While medically correct, it was of course a misdiagnosis. John is now cancer free and is alive and well in the presence of Jesus awaiting us in glory while his mortal body is being renewed for resurrection and immortality. In the meanwhile, during this temporary season of bereavement we do request prayer for his beloved wife Mary and for his congregation, The Ark Fellowship in England near Reading, England. Because he has recently arrived in the USA and is scheduled to address the Moriel Canada branch conference in Winnipeg, Jacob Prasch will regrettably not be able to attend the memorial service in Britain. Our condolences however are very much with Mary and our brethren in the UK who like us knew and loved Pastor Angliss. John was one of a minority of faithful voices who upheld a traditional biblically based Pentecostalism in the era of counterfeit revivals and apostasy that overtook most of British Pentecostalism. John was a faithful friend of Israel & The Jews standing on the prophetic purposes of God for Israel and the salvation of the Jews. John was a loyal friend to Moriel and Jacob Prasch and a colleague of David Pawson and Derek Prince, both of whom likewise stood by God's promises to Israel. John was also a founding leader of CMFI - the Christian Ministerial Fellowship International, former pastor of Three Mile Cross fellowship , and former board member of Focus On Israel (a Pentecostal Ministry to the Jews). While this separation is temporary, John's eternal gain will be our temporary loss. O GRAVE - WHERE IS THEY VICTORY, O DEATH WHERE IS THY STING ? Hosea 13:14 / 1 Corinthians 15: 55-57
By David Passmore April 28, 2026
We made it this far: Israel at 78 Rubin Rothler LLB, LLM Since the last anniversary milestone of Israel at 75, we have been embroiled in relentless wars. Citizens had little respite to enjoy this year's festivities, coming on the heels of a lull in fighting on the Iranian and Lebanese fronts. We are constantly waiting for a breakthrough on the horizon that will normalize our relations with our neighbors and secure our position on the world stage. It is acutely exhausting to be the focus of the world's attention. But also there is a sense of inevitability accompanying the Zionist project. Specifically that Israel is destined to be central in the wider region and global affairs. Why is this? Is it due to it being a western transplant? Being geographically positioned on the crossroads of three continents? Religious believers would point to prophetic fulfillment. It is short sighted to only look at how our problems are rooted in today’s' reality. Greater forces are at work that will dictate the direction that Israel is heading. The Jewish diaspora will likely find itself in a growing precarious position that will lead to increasing Aliyah (immigration to Israel) and will perhaps ferment the emergence of a second Jewish commonwealth that will not need to heed international pressure in the same way that todays' polity finds itself doing. In this light it is interesting to ponder how our posterity would view our predicament and gains. And I frame matters in these terms with intentionality. We are enmeshed in a seemingly intractable conflict with the Palestinians, and yet Israel has made great gains particularly in the technological fields. There is a current of thinking that perceives Israel's way out of its quagmire is by making itself indispensable to technological advancements. We don't know how tomorrows' world will be shaped by the rapidly advancing AI revolution but so far Israel has proven to be uniquely adaptable and innovative to technological change. This has proved to be a boon to Israel's economy, as have offshore natural gas discoveries being developed in concert with Greece, Greek Cypriot and American energy interests that are geographically and strategically removed from any Straits of Hormuz shipping impediments that strangle the Persian Gulf deposits shared by Qatar and Iran. On another note we should contextualize the situation. How different are Israel's challenges from other nations? Is Israel any less stable than other countries (particularly in the region)? Israel doesn't find itself uniquely challenged to define its identity (most European countries do also, particularly in light of immigration). Nor does the government experience any more volatility than other comparable democracies. Israel's real problems lay in the nature of how its Jewish citizens desire to govern themselves. It is arguable whether the judicial reform protests that occupied public discourse in pre-October 7th Israel would have led to serious civil strife. But it is without doubt that this impasse was allayed by the external attack. The underlying tensions remain unresolved and there are many ways that they could play out. It has been framed as a battle for Israel's soul. Israel's enemies predict that Zionism is imploding and that the State won't survive another 5-10 years. Supporting this claim, they point to Israel's increasing alienation and growing pariah status on the international stage. Our Prime Minister has been indicted for war crimes at the International Criminal Court. Even public opinion in our staunchest ally the U.S. has turned sharply against Israel. With 80% of the Democratic Party being anti-Israel in a growing climate of anti-semitism we have even witnessed the shift of Alan Dershowitz to the Republican Party which must be seen as emblematic of a trend. There is apprehension in Israel of a post-Trump America dominated by the Democrats. However, these seeming incontrovertible facts may be offset by other measures of fortitude. This may be partially countered by the high investment by Silicon Valley in the Israeli Hi-tech sector, making Israel an asset for purposes of Research and Development in America's AI race against China. New opportunities for economic relations have also been opened with Arab nations through the Abraham Accords and with the powerhouse India. Furthermore, it is difficult to imagine a world in which Israel's technological prowess will not carry the sway of western decision makers in the long run. Israel's 78th anniversary is a moment to take pause and not catastrophize what the future may behold. The entire world is currently in a state of transformation and Israel is not an outlier in this context.  (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).
By David Passmore April 23, 2026
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By David Passmore April 14, 2026
A critical juncture in NATO'S future Rubin Rothler LLB, LLM NATO was originally established in 1949 to keep the Russian hordes at bay from toppling those European countries not forked over to the Soviet sphere of influence at the Potsdam conference. Europe lay in ruins. Britain had passed on the torch of global hegemony to the U.S. by tacitly acquiescing to the decolonization of its Empire when Churchill and Roosevelt agreed terms of the Atlantic Charter for the post-war new world order in 1941. So from its start NATO was very much an American driven endeavor. American money with the Marshall plan was propping up western European economies and its military might was forming the bulk of their defensive capabilities. The lopsided nature of this dynamic has informed how tensions have persisted and recently erupted in the Alliance. During the Cold War the U.S. felt obligated to shoulder the costs of underwriting Europe's security in light of the broader interests to keep the Soviet's in check. Following the fall of the Iron Curtain European complacency became a sticking point with the 'peace dividend' further exploiting American largesse. European NATO allies spent ever smaller percentages of their GDP on defense expenditure at U.S. expense. Now in a multi-polar world U.S. and European perceived threats are less aligned. This was first tested in the aftermath of September 11th when for the first time NATO elected to trigger its article 5 collective defense protocol. And since then the U.S. has sought to continue to expand the traditional theatre of operations beyond Europe's borders. No longer is Russia perceived by America as being a proximate existential threat to its interests, but rather containing Chinese expansion in the Pacific arena. Parallel to NATO a discrete 'five eyes' intelligence sharing alliance comprising the Anglo-sphere (the U.S., U.K., Canada and New Zealand) emerged. This stands at the center of the U.S. – U.K. 'special relationship'. A relevant question would be can this signals intelligence (NSA-GCHQ) partnership persist should the U.S. withdraw from NATO? Conventional thinking would have led one to believe that with Brexit the U.K. would naturally pivot towards closer U.S. relations but under Starmer the U.K. is distancing itself. European powers misrepresent the present conflict as an aggressive, rather than defensive U.S. adventure while they themselves are more likely to be at risk. In this the Starmer government resembles the Labor party led committee for nuclear disarmament in the 1980's. It opposed the Thatcher supported deployment of U.S. cruise missiles in response to the Soviet SS20's pointed at Britain's cities. The British left branded their response to Soviet strategic escalation to U.S. aggression. This time however there is for the moment no Thatcher to bring common sense into an equation dominated by emotionally driven ideologies in the face of an aggressor with definite aims. In terms of the Russian-Ukraine conflict we are reverting to the old question dating back to the Napoleonic war era: to what extent is London happy with the European nations fighting it out alone for dominance of the continent. Britain was never willing to accept a single power in control. Many variables will dictate what kind of world emerges from the current conflicts in Ukraine and Iran. How will power be extracted from potential gains? What will be the strategic impact of this? What is sure, in the age of Trump this pattern of reliance on U.S. muscle is becoming quickly exhausted. Dating back to the Roman Empire, a factor in the decline of major powers has always been astronomical military spending, a budgetary demand that the U.S. under Trump is no longer willing to shoulder alone. (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).