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April 1, 2025

‘N Skeur In Die Wapenrusting

Gegroet in die Wonder Naam van Jesus.



Wanneer die Heilige Gees ons meer as een keer in die Bybel van iets vertel dan is dit belangrik.

Net soos wat ons vier Evangeliese verslae het van dieselfde verhaal het ons in die Ou Testament Konings en Kronieke met twee aspekte van die dieselfde dinge en die profeet of profete wat in hierdie tyd geprofeteer het. Jy sal drie of vier aspekte van dieselfde episode in die Ou Testament kry net soos in die Evangelies. Wanneer die Heilige Gees met ons meer as een keer van dieselfde dinge praat dan is dit belangrik. Blaai saam met my na 2 Kronieke 18. Dit is ‘n parallelle oorsig van wat ons in 1 Konings 22 vind.

2 Kronieke 18:1?34 ?? 19:3, vers 1: “En toe Jósafat rykdom en eer in oorvloed gehad het, het hy hom verswaer met Agab.” Pasop vir nepotisme. (Onregmatige begunstiging)

Punt 1: Dit gaan oor kwesbaarheid, goeie dade vir familielede kom in plek van getrouheid aan Bybelse voorskrifte. Wanneer jy sien dat mense onder mekaar groepeer deur ‘n huwelik of waar hierdie pastoor daardie pastoor se swaer is, of waar sy suster met ‘n ander pastoor getroud is? pasop. Alles wat God vir goed ontwerp het sal die duiwel vir kwaad gebruik.

God het families en familie strukture geskep, maar weet julle wat, Jesus het gesê dat hy wat sy familie meer liefhet as vir Hom, is Hom nie waardig nie. My vrou se familie is Jode uit Oos Europa wat Hitler se gas oonde oorleef het. Toe my vrou tot die geloof gekom het dat Jesus ook Yeshua die Joodse Messias is, het hulle vir haar gesê: “Nou is jy ook een van hulle!? Hulle het ons dood gemaak en nou is jy een van hulle!” Die duiwel sal altyd as hy kan iets wat God vir goed bedoel het vir kwaad gebruik. Nepotisme is die eerste ding wat ‘n goeie Christen ontvanklik kan maak om te kompromitteer met dinge wat hy weet verkeerd is. Kom ons lees verder oor Jósafat. Sy naam in Hebreeus is Yahowshaphat yeh?ho?shaw?fawt

— God sal oordeel. En in 2 Kronieke 18:2?7: “En ná verloop van enkele jare het hy afgetrek na Agab, na Samaría, en Agab het vir hom en die manskappe wat by hom was, skape en beeste in menigte geslag en hom aangehits om teen Ramot in Gílead op te trek. Toe sê Agab, die koning van Israel, vir Jósafat, die koning van Juda: Sal u met my saam na Ramot in Gílead trek? En hy antwoord hom: Ek is soos u, en my volk soos u volk, en ons sal saam met u in die oorlog wees. Verder het Jósafat aan die koning van Israel gesê: Raadpleeg tog eers die woord van die HERE. Toe laat die koning van Israel die profete, vier honderd man, bymekaarkom en sê vir hulle: Sal ons teen Ramot in Gílead trek om te veg, of sal ek dit laat staan? En hulle antwoord: Trek op, en God sal dit in die hand van die koning gee. Maar Jósafat sê: Is hier nie nog 'n profeet van die HERE, dat ons deur hom kan raadpleeg nie? En die koning van Israel antwoord Jósafat: Daar is nog een man om die HERE deur hom te raadpleeg; maar ék haat hom, want hy profeteer oor my niks goeds nie, maar altyd onheil; dit is Miga, die seun van Jimla. En Jósafat sê: Die koning moet nie so spreek nie!”

Ek haat hom hy profeteer nooit iets goeds nie. Valse profete sal altyd aan mense vertel wat hulle graag wil hoor, maar die ware profete sal aan mense vertel wat hulle moet hoor.

Vers 8? 34 – 19:1?3: “Daarop roep die koning van Israel 'n hofdienaar en sê: Gaan haal gou vir Miga, die seun van Jimla. Onderwyl die koning van Israel en Jósafat, die koning van Juda, elkeen op sy troon sit, beklee met koninklike klere, en hulle op 'n dorsvloer sit by die ingang van die poort van Samaría, en al die profete voor hulle profeteer, het Sedekía, die seun van Kenaäna, vir hom ysterhorings gemaak en gesê: So spreek die HERE: Hiermee sal u die Arameërs stoot totdat hulle vernietig is.

En so het al die profete geprofeteer en gesê: Trek op na Ramot in Gílead en u sal voorspoedig wees, en die HERE sal dit in die hand van die koning gee. Toe sê die boodskapper wat gegaan het om Miga te roep, vir hom dít: Kyk, die woorde van die profete is uit een mond goed vir die koning: laat jou woord nou tog wees soos die van een van hulle, en spreek goeie dinge. Maar Miga sê: So waar as die HERE leef, wat God my sal sê, dit sal ek spreek!

Toe hy by die koning kom, sê die koning vir hom: Miga, sal ons na Ramot in Gílead trek om te veg, of sal ek dit laat staan? En hy antwoord: Trek op, en u sal voorspoedig wees, en hulle sal in julle hand gegee word. En die koning sê vir hom: Hoeveel maal moet ek jou besweer dat jy niks as die waarheid in die Naam van die HERE tot my moet spreek nie? Daarop antwoord hy: Ek het die hele Israel gesien, verstrooid op die berge soos skape wat geen wagter het nie. En die HERE het gesê: Hulle het geen heer nie; laat hulle elkeen in vrede teruggaan na sy huis. Toe sê die koning van Israel vir Jósafat: Het ek u nie gesê hy profeteer oor my niks goeds nie, maar onheil?

Verder sê hy: Daarom, hoor die woord van die HERE: Ek het die HERE sien sit op sy troon, terwyl al die hemelse leërskare aan sy regter?? en sy linkerhand staan. En die HERE het gesê: Wie sal Agab, die koning van Israel, oorhaal, dat hy kan optrek en val by Ramot in Gílead? En die een het so gesê, en die ander weer so. Toe kom die gees vorentoe en gaan voor die aangesig van die HERE staan en sê: Ek sal hom oorhaal. En die HERE vra hom: Waarmee? En hy sê: Ek sal uitgaan en 'n leuengees word in die mond van al sy profete. En Hy sê: Jy sal oorhaal, ja, jy sal ook oorwin; gaan uit en doen so. En nou, kyk, die HERE het 'n leuengees in die mond van hierdie profete van u gegee, terwyl die HERE tog onheil oor u gespreek het.

Daarop kom Sedekía, die seun van Kenaäna, nader en hy slaan Miga op die kakebeen en sê: Langs watter weg het die Gees van die HERE van my af weggegaan om met jou te spreek? En Miga antwoord: Kyk, jy sal dit sien op dieselfde dag as jy van kamer tot kamer sal gaan om jou weg te steek. Maar die koning van Israel sê: Neem Miga en bring hom terug by Amon, die owerste van die stad, en by Joas, die seun van die koning. En julle moet sê: So spreek die koning: Sit hierdie man in die gevangenis en spysig hom met brood van verdrukking en water van verdrukking totdat ek behoue tuiskom. Daarop sê Miga: As u ooit behoue tuiskom, dan het die HERE nie deur my gespreek nie. Verder sê hy: Volke, luister almal saam!

En die koning van Israel en Jósafat, die koning van Juda, het opgetrek na Ramot in Gílead. En die koning van Israel het aan Jósafat gesê: Ek sal my onkenbaar maak en in die geveg kom; trek u maar u eie klere

aan. So het die koning van Israel hom dan onkenbaar gemaak, en hulle het in die geveg gegaan. En die koning van Aram het die owerstes van sy strydwaens bevel gegee en gesê: Julle moet nie klein of groot beveg nie, net die koning van Israel alleen. En sodra die owerstes van die waens Jósafat sien, sê hulle: Dit is die koning van Israel! En hulle het hom omsingel om te veg; maar Jósafat het geskreeu, en die HERE het hom gehelp, en God het hulle van hom af weggelok. En toe die owerstes van die waens sien dat dit nie die koning van Israel was nie, draai hulle agter hom weg.

Toe het 'n man in sy eenvoudigheid die boog gespan en die koning van Israel getref tussen die aanhegsels en die pantser. Daarop sê hy aan die drywer: Ruk om en bring my uit die leër uit, want ek is gewond. En die geveg het dié dag toegeneem, terwyl die koning hom staande hou in die strydwa teenoor die Arameërs tot die aand toe; maar teen sononder het hy gesterwe. Maar toe Jósafat, die koning van Juda, behoue na sy huis in Jerusalem terugkom, het die siener Jehu, die seun van Hanáni, uitgegaan hom tegemoet, en aan koning Jósafat gesê: Moet 'n mens die goddelose help, en het u lief die wat die HERE haat? Daarom kom daar nou 'n toorn op u van die HERE. Tog is daar goeie dinge by u gevind, want u het die heilige boomstamme uit die land uitgeroei en u hart daarop gerig om God te soek.”

Koning Jósafat was ‘n goeie man, ‘n regverdige man. Elke koning van Israel het afvallig geword en ook die meeste van die konings van Juda, maar Jósafat was ‘n goeie koning, ‘n baie goeie koning. Wat gebeur wanneer ‘n goeie leier betrokke raak met slegte mense?

Ek glo nie aan skuldigheid deur assosiasie nie, die Bybel sê niks van skuldig deur assosiasie nie, maar skuldigheid deur samewerking? Skuldigheid deur identifikasie? Wanneer ’ goeie man in ‘n televisie program op ‘n platform verskyn saam met ‘n immorele ketterse persone dan promoveer hy hierdie mense se bedieninge deurdat hy homself met hierdie mense identifiseer.

‘n Ruk gelede het ek na ‘n uitsending oor TBN gekyk en ek kon nie glo wat ek sien nie en wanneer ongeredde mense na hierdie dinge kyk sal hulle sekerlik dink dat wedergeboorte ‘n klug is. Hierdie mense maak wêreldwyd van wedergeboorte ‘n groot grap. Dit gaan al meer en meer moeiliker raak om Jesus Christus en die Evangelie van redding aan mense te bring as gevolg van wat Satan deur die sogenaamde Christelike TV kanale doen. Ons is baie beter af sonder hierdie TV kanale omdat dit ‘n kragtige instrument is wat Satan so misbruik. Ongeredde mense kyk na die idioot kassies en hulle dink ons is almal swendelaar akteurs. Wanneer goeie mense met hierdie dinge deurmekaar raak dan word hulle geïdentifiseer met hierdie mense en dinge. Toe Jósafat in die strydwa van Agab gery het? het hulle hom verwar met Agab. Kom ons kyk hierna van die begin af.

Weereens het die Heilige Gees vir ons meer as een oorsig gegee. In 1 Konings se weergawe, aan die einde van hoofstuk 21, het Agab berou en vra om verskoning. Slegte konings is baie goed om berou te kry maar elke keer as hulle weer in sonde verval is hulle meer slegter as tevore. As Benny Hinn weer tot bekering kom gaan ek iewers skuiling soek.

Wat beteken dit? Hoekom? Hy is getroud met Jesebel. Jesebel is ‘n Bybelse metafoor vir die gees van al die valse godsdienste. Wat sê Jesus oor Jesebel? Op. 2:20: “Maar Ek het enkele dinge teen jou; dat jy die

vrou Isébel, wat haarself 'n profetes noem, toelaat om te leer en my diensknegte te verlei om te hoereer en afgodsoffers te eet.”

Dit is ‘n Sataniese misleiding deur ‘n valse geloof waarvan die vrou Jesebel tipologies ‘n verpersoonliking is. Met ander woorde, sy verteenwoordig geestelike misleiding, dit is wat Jesus vir ons sê. Jy word soos die mense met wie jy getroud is.

Ek is getroud met ‘n Joodse vrou wat ‘n senulyer is, ek dink dit is familie geskiedenis as gevolg van die nagevolge van die Jodemoord waarvan hulle ontsnap het. My vrou gaan die gas toestelle drie keer na voordat ons gaan slaap, sy kyk ten minste twee keer na elke venster in die huis. Ons woon in Engeland en hier word die ligte baie laat afgeskakel dan sê sy vir my in Hebreeus: “Yacov… het jy die venster in die kombuis nagegaan?” “Ja, Pavia, ek het dit nagegaan, lekker slaap.” Dan lê ek laat in die nag en wonder? het ek dit gedoen? Sy maak my deurmekaar, dan vat ek die flitslig en loop die trappe af om seker te gaan maak! Jy word soos die mense met wie jy getroud is.

Wel, Agab was met Jesebel getroud, die heks wat Israel mislei het in ‘n heidense demoniese geloof. Wat gebeur volgende? Jósafat is ‘n goeie koning maar daar is ‘n familie verbintenis. Nepotisme! Ek weet van twee Joodse missie beheer rade wat ondermyn is, wat basies vernietig is deur nepotisme? Joodse missie rade wat ‘n familie onderneming geword het.

Ek weet van kerke waar familie gunste die gemeentes vernietig het. As iemand nie saamgestem het nie was dit dieselfde asof hulle teen die familie opgetree het. Dit is gevaarlik. Enige iets wat God vir goed bedoel het sal die duiwel misbruik en nepotisme stel ons op vir sekere dinge.

In 2 Kronieke 18 sien ons wat altyd gaan gebeur, dit is wat Agab sal sê: “Ons het hierdie gemeenskaplike vyand. My mense is soos jou mense, my god is jou God, ons is broers. Ons moet saamstaan om die opposisie te oorwin. Kan jy nie sien dat aborsie hand uit ruk nie? Homoseksualisme is besig om die skole en die media ernstig te beïnvloed. Kyk na die groei van Oosterse gelowe en kultusse! Ons kan nie bekostig om verdeeld te wees nie, ons sal moet saam staan om God se land te red! Ons kan nie meer so onder mekaar stry nie. O ja ek weet ons het verskille maar ons kan dit nie meer bekostig nie. Daar is ‘n gemeenskaplike vyand, my mense is jou mense, my God is jou God.” Dit klink baie oortuigend, baie logies, aanvanklik klink dit ook Bybels. Soos wat ek al gesê het, die Heilige Gees is die Gees van Waarheid en Hy is ook die Gees van Heiligheid. Daar kan nie eenheid van die Gees wees waar daar dwaling en immoraliteit is nie. o’ Ons het ‘n gemeenskaplike vyand! Dit is maklik om met ‘n uiterlike vyand te deel, maar ‘n innerlike vyand is iets heel anders. Toe Jesus ons gewaarsku het teen valse profete in die Laaste Dae het Hy ons nie net gewaarsku oor kultusse soos die Moonies, Jehovah se Getuienis of Mormone nie.

Ja, hierdie dinge is van ‘n profetiese belang, maar die valse profete waarteen Jesus ons gewaarsku het is diegene wat in Evangeliese kerke insluip en probeer om ons te mislei. Ons vyande tussen ons, dit is hulle wat gevaarlik is.

Totdat ons nie met die vyand hier binne ons gedeel het nie sal ons nie instaat wees om met die vyand daarbuite te deel nie. Maar jy sal altyd dieselfde storie hoor: “Moet nie negatief wees nie, moet nie te krities wees nie, ons moet saamstaan teen ‘n gemeenskaplike bedreiging.” En dan kom die familie

element ook in. Kyk hoe het die koning vir homself ‘n naam gemaak. Agab gee ‘n groot partytjie met baie diere wat hy laat slag, dit is wat hy doen. Hierdie soort mense weet hoe om in guns by mense te kom, mens met ‘n agenda weet hoe om ander mense te manipuleer. Hulle leer dit by hulle vrou Jesebel. Kyk hoe veel mense het al Johannes Paulus II ontmoet. Die Vatikaan het ‘n paar maande gelede ‘n verklaring uitgereik wat sê dat hulle die een ware kerk is. In 1999 in Mexico het Johannes Paulus vir die Katolieke gevra om “teen Protestante op te staan.”

Hy maak nie ‘n geheim van sy agenda nie en tog is daar die een na die ander evangeliste wat hom “heilige vader” noem in weerwil van die feit dat Jesus gesê het dat ons niemand anders ons vader mag noem nie. Mens sê: “o’ die pous is ‘n wonderlike man, so saggeaard en vriendelik, hoe kan iemand teen hom praat? Ek het hom ontmoet en hy was dit of dat??” Hulle weet wat om te doen om in guns by mense te kom. Wat sê Paulus van Lucifer? Hy kom soos die engel van die lig en so ook sy dienaars want hulle weet hoe om mense om hulle pinkie te draai, net soos wat Merodach?Baladan Hiskia mislei het. Hy het vir hom geskenke gebring?? “Ek hoor jy is siek.” Wat ‘n pragtige mens wat omgee vir sy naaste, hy was die koning van Babilon, hy het ‘n agenda gehad, hy was ‘n manupilerende fop arties. Wel, Jósafat word ingetrek, daar is ‘n familie verbintenis maar daar is ook ander verbintenisse. “Ons het ‘n gemeenskaplike vyand, ons kan nie negatief wees nie, ons kan nie krities wees nie, ons wil nie tweedrag veroorsaak nie!

Die woord wat vir tweedrag in Rom. 16:17 gebruik word is dichostasia (dee?khos?tas?ee) waar die Engelse woord dichotomy? tweeledigheid vandaan kom. Hier word gesê dat mense wat tweedrag veroorsaak die mense is wat die Nuwe Testamentiese leer van die Apostels verlaat het. Ek veroorsaak nie tweedrag as ek mense waarsku teen Benny Hinn of Kennith Copeland nie.

As Hinn en Copeland die leer van die Nuwe Testament verwerp dan is volgens Bybelse definisie dit hulle wat tweedrag veroorsaak, dit is nie ek wat afgewyk het van die Nuwe Testamentiese Leer nie! As dit wel die geval is, sê my waar het ek verkeerd gegaan sodat ek dit kan regstel. Maar vandag is dit diegene wat opstaan vir die Waarheid wat tweedrag veroorsaak.

Hulle maak ‘n afgod van hierdie eenheid maar dit is nie die eenheid van die Gees nie. Paulus sê vir ons in 1 Kor. 11:19 dat daar partyskappe onder ons moet wees sodat die waarheid geopenbaar kan word. Die woord wat hier vir partyskap in Grieks gebruik word is “hairesis” (hah'?ee?res?is) waar die Engelse woord heresy? kettery? dwaalleer vandaan kom. Dit is dwaalleer wat skeiding bring en so baie dinge wat vandag in kerke gepropageer word is skoon kettery.

Kom ons kyk verder. Jósafat word ingetrek maar hy het sy bedenkinge. Hy is ‘n goeie koning en in ‘n sekere mate het hy by die Here gehoor. Let op wat het hulle gedoen by die fees, een na die ander valse profeet, 400 van hulle kom en bied ‘n vertoning aan en praat groot woorde.

Valse profete sal altyd vir jou vertel wat jy graag wil hoor en nie wat jy moet hoor nie. Hulle sal altyd jou ore streel en hulle word goed betaal vir hierdie goeie daad. Hulle is egter fop akteurs.

Een ware profeet teen 400 valse profete! Wel, laat ek vir julle iets vertel, vir iemand wat vandag profeties die waarheid praat is daar 400 valse profete in die liggaam van Christus wat teen hom gaan

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staan. Wat Jesus gesê het in die Laaste Dae gaan gebeur is besig om te gebeur. Baie min praat vandag die waarheid, baie is in kompromie met wat hulle weet valse profete is, ’n menigte wat ‘n valse leer verkondig. Net een man het opgestaan? Micaiah? en aan die einde was dit net sy profesie wat saak gemaak het. Ons sien dat daar duisende valse profete was in die dae van Jeremia en Barug, maar niemand het ooit iets van hulle gehoor nie? maar aan die einde het almal van Jeremia gehoor.

Dit was eintlik net Jeremia wat gepraat het, net hy wat die Woord van God gebring het is wat saak gemaak het. Dit is die laaste? een profeet wat die waarheid praat. Jósafat sê: “laat ek hoor wat hy sê.”

Ons moet verstaan wat die Hebreeuse teks hier sê. Daar is ‘n verbintenis in die name Micaiah? “hy is soos Yahwe,” en Jehoshaphat? “Jehovah / Yahweh. In Hebreeus is daar ‘n wortel wat wys op ‘n etimologiese vergelyking. As jy nie weet wat dit is nie moenie bekommerd wees nie, dit is een van die dinge wat hulle jou in teologiese skool leer.

Daar is ‘n soort geestelike verwantskap hier betrokke. Let op wat Miga sê wanneer hulle hom vra. In die begin sê Miga: “Ja gaan aan, God sal hulle in julle hand gee.” Hy sê presies dieselfde wat die valse profete gesê het. God se oordele kom in drie fases oor terug gevalle mense, die eerste fase is: “Ja gaan aan!” God hou op om hulle tereg te wys. God tugtig die wat Hy liefhet. Hoekom is dit dat dit altyd die getroue Christene is wat die meeste vervolging en verdrukkinge ondervind, dinge wat in Joods “Suris” genoem word? Dit is omdat God die vleeslike Christene oorgegee het aan hulle eie vleeslike begeertes. God tugtig net die wat Hy liefhet. Die ander is terug gevalle as hulle ooit gered is om mee te begin.

Pasop as God ophou om mense te tugtig, wanneer Hy hulle oorgegee het. In Romeine het God mense oorgegee aan hulle onnatuurlike onsedelikhede en dan gebeur dit ook met diegene wat daarop aanspraak maak dat hulle God se mense is. Dit is soos die profeet Amos se seun Loami? “Hulle is nie meer my mense nie.” God het hulle oorgegee. “Gaan aan, doen dit”? sê Miga.

Nou, koning Agab weet dit is nie wat God gesê het nie. Jy sien, hierdie valse leiers weet dat hulle verkeerd is. Ons lees in Timotheus dat hulle mislei is en ook misleiers is. Hulle is self mislei en hulle weet dat hulle misleiers is. “Gaan aan, doen dit.” Agab weet dit en sê: “Dit kan nie reg wees nie.” Agab het geweet, vertel my sê Agab, en Miga sê: “Ek sal jou vertel. Ek het Israel op die berge sien ronddwaal soos skape wat nie ‘n herder het nie.”

Ons moet die rol van die konings van Israel as herders verstaan. Koning Dawid is die Ou Testamentiese skaduwee van Jesus as die Goeie Herder. In Johannes 10 is Jesus is die Goeie Herder. In Psalm 23 Yehovah ra’ah? Die HERE is my Herder. Dawid is die Ou Testamentiese tipe of skaduwee van Jesus as Koning.

Die woord vir Pastoor en herder is dieselfde in Grieks en Hebreeus, en ‘n pastoor of herder in ‘n gemeente word gemeet aan hoe naby hulle soos Christus is. Dit is wat Petrus ons in sy brief leer. In die Ou Testament is ‘n koning ook aan Koning Dawid gemeet om te bepaal hoe ‘n goeie koning hy sou gewees het en dit is hoekom ons in die spreuk hoor dat die konings altyd met Dawid vergelyk was. “ en nie gedoen wat reg was in die oë van die HERE sy God soos sy vader Dawid nie.” Dawid het die maatstaf geword waaraan getrouheid gemeet was omdat hy die skaduwee van Christus as Herder was. Miga sê:

“Hierdie mense het geen herder nie.” Hy sê aan die koning dat so ver as wat die God aangaan, is die koning nie ‘n ware leier nie.

Dit is die tweede fase van God se oordele oor ‘n terug gevalle mense. God verwyder die leierskap en vervang hulle met preekstoel politiekkusse, akteurs en huurlinge, God gee vir hulle teokrate en nie herders nie.

Die eerste fase van God se oordele is, Hy hou op om mense tereg te wys en behandel hulle net soos die wêreldlinge, hulle word oorgegee. Die tweede fase van die oordele is, God neem die ware leierskap weg, hulle kry wat hulle wil hê. Dit is waar van die volke in die Boek Daniël. God stel konings aan en Hy neem hulle ook weg. Dit is waar in die politiek realm en dit is ook waar in die Kerk opset, God verwyder die leierskap.

Maar dan kom die derde fase van God se oordele, en dit is die gevaarlike een, God stuur misleiding. Onthou in Konings en Kronieke en in Samuel. Eenkeer het Dawid die mense getel en God het hom gemotiveer om dit te doen?? ‘n ander keer was dit die duiwel. Was dit God of was dit die duiwel wat Dawid gemotiveer het om die mense te tel? Wel, dit was eintlik God wat die duiwel gebruik het.

Blaai na 2 Thes. 2, hier word gepraat van die Antichris, die man van sonde, hier word in vers 3 gepraat van die Laaste Dae en die groot afval wat gaan kom met die manifestasie van die Antichris. Maar kyk wat staan in vers 11?12: “En daarom sal God hulle die krag van die dwaling stuur, om die leuen te glo, sodat almal geoordeel kan word wat die waarheid nie geglo het nie, maar behae gehad het in die ongeregtigheid.”

Die Waarheid is die Woord van God. Jesus is die Waarheid, Hy is die Woord, die Logos. As iemand nie die waarheid van die Skrifte liefhet nie, dan kan hy ook nie Jesus Christus lief hê nie.

Hulle kan sê wat hulle wil, en al sing hulle al die hallelujas, as hulle nie die waarheid van die Woord van God, Jesus Christus die Logos, die Bybel liefhet nie, dan het hulle volgens God Jesus Christus nie lief nie. “As julle My liefhet bewaar My gebooie.” As jy Hom nie liefhet nie dan kan jy ook nie lief wees vir Sy Woord nie, as mense nie die Waarheid liefhet nie dan is daar ook geen liefde vir Jesus nie. Hy is die Weg die Waarheid en die Lewe, as iemand Hom nie liefhet nie dan is dit omdat hulle op ‘n een of ander wyse sonde geniet. Wanneer jy sogenaamde Christene sien wat nie die Waarheid liefhet nie dat is dit omdat sonde en die boosheid vir hulle ‘n plesier is. Daarom sal God ‘n verduistering oor hulle stuur sodat hulle die valse dinge sal glo.

Hier gaan die Antichris mense mislei! Hy is die uiteindelike oordeel, God gaan mense wat nie die Waarheid liefhet nie aan sy invloede oorgee. As mense nie nou al deur hierdie opsigtelike valse profete soos Benny Hinn of Kenneth Copeland kan sien nie, wat gaan hulle doen as die groot misleiding kom? Daarom gaan God hulle denke verduister en dit is ‘n vreeslike gedagte!

In die Boek Sagaria word die Antichris tipologies voorgestel as “God se agent”? dit is skrikwekkend, dit is ‘n oordeel!

‘n Paar jaar gelede in Engeland waar ek bly, het ek ernstig probeer om die dronk Pensacola en Toronto laggende dwaling te stop, maar die Here het gesê nee, jy gaan dit nie stop nie! Jy kan net die uitverkorenes waarsku. Jy kan net diegene red wat onskuldig mislei is, maar jy kan dit nie stop nie.

Hoekom? Wat jy vandag met die geld en voorspoed predikers en met die Toronto dwaling en die ekumeniese bewegings sien, is alles God se oordele oor ‘n terug gevalle Kerk. Hierdie dinge is nie net eenvoudige misleiding nie, dit is God se oordele oor ‘n teruggevalle Kerk, oor Laodicéa! God sal ‘n gees van dwaling oor hulle stuur sodat hulle die leuen sal glo!

Onthou Laodicéa is blind en haar eerste groot probleem is sy weet nie sy is Laodicéa nie.

Oordeel begin in die huis van die Here, dit gaan nie begin by die Vrymesselaars nie, ook nie by valse gelowe of by korrupte besighede en politikusse of Wall Straat nie, oordeel begin in die huis van die Here! God se oordele gaan eerste oor die Kerk kom voordat dit oor die nasies kom. As gevolg van aborsie alleen moet dit kom maar dit gaan eerste oor die Kerk kom.

Fase 1, God stop teregwysing. As jy nie al hierdie verkeerde dinge kan sien nie, al die skandale en valshede en mens gemaakte godsdiens, as jy dit nie wil sien nie dan gaan God jou oorgee aan hierdie dinge, God gaan teregwysing staak.

Fase 2, God gaan die leierskap wegneem, Hy het dit alreeds in Groot Brittanje gedoen en Amerika en Suid Afrika volg dieselfde pad.

Fase 3, dan stuur God ‘n sinsverduistering. Let op wat sê God vir hierdie leuengeeste: “Gaan en oorwin”. Nou, wanneer God ‘n misleiding stuur dan is dit ernstig. Maar God doen niks voordat Hy dit nie aan Sy diensknegte, die profete openbaar het nie. Miga het dit geweet. Diegene wat waarlik Jesus liefhet en wat Sy Woord bestudeer sal deur die Heilige Gees verstaan wat besig is om te gebeur. Wanneer God so ‘n dwaling stuur sal die wat in die Waarheid wandel dit weet.

Drie stadiums van oordele, en my vriend, my grootste vrees, maar wat nie meer ‘n feit is nie omdat dit alreeds verby dit is, ons is alreeds in die derde fase. God het alreeds opgehou om mense tereg te wys, hulle glo alreeds wat hulle wil glo, God het hulle alreeds oorgegee, hulle word behandel soos die ongereddes, en baie van hulle is ongered. God neem leierskap weg, en derdens gaan Hy hulle oorgee. Dit gaan vir hulle ‘n groot probleem raak.

Kyk na Jósafat, ‘n regverdige koning wat van beter moes geweet het. Hy het van die begin af dinge nie vertrou nie, hy het die waarheid by die ware profete gehoor maar tog het hy saam met Agab in sy strydwa gery. Hoekom wou Agab hê hy moes saam met hom in sy strydwa ry? Hoekom wil TBN mense soos Chuck Missler, Josh McDowell, Greg Laurie op hulle strydwa hê? Hoekom wil hulle goeie mense, Godsmanne saam met hulle hê? Daar is drie redes.

Eerstens; Hulle probeer kredietwaardigheid vir hulleself verkry wat hulle andersins nie kan kry nie. Mense sal dink: “Wel, as so en so saam met hierdie Godsmanne optree dan moet alles reg wees! Hulle probeer ‘n regverdiging soek, ‘n kredietwaardigheid wat hulle deur hulleself nie kan bekom nie. “Ek

weet ek is nie goed nie maar as ek met goeie mense meng sal God my seën.” Dit is hoe hierdie mense dink. “As ‘n goeie man saam met ons in die ding is dan sal God ons seën omdat hy ‘n goeie man is.”

Tweedens; Hulle soek iemand op wie hulle die skuld kan pak. Iemand wat die sak kan vashou as die skip sink. “Dit is sy skuld.” Agab het altyd ‘n agenda gehad. Maar daar gaan Jósafat! Terwyl die Here hom gewaarsku het? het hy nogtans op daardie strydwa geklim?

Derdens: Jósafat word verwar met Agab, hulle dink dit is Agab. Wanneer jy in Agab se strydwa ry gaan mense dink jy is Agab. Wanneer jy goeie predikers op platforms en op televisie programme saam met dwaal leraars sien optree dan gaan mense deurmekaar raak met hulle.

Ek weet baie goed dat Chuck Missler en Greg Laurie, Ray Comfort manne van God is . Ek weet dat Josh McDowell ‘n Godsman is, ek weet wat hulle glo, hulle glo grootliks wat ek glo. Hierdie is nie slegte mense nie, net soos Jósafat, maar wanneer hulle saam met slegte mense op platforms en TV programme optree dat word hulle in dieselfde kategorie in gedeel en ek vrees hulle maak van hulleself ‘n teiken.

Daar gaan mense wees wat hulle met dieselfde kwas gaan skeer alhoewel mense soos Chuck Missler, Ray Comfort, en Josh McDowell glad nie deel sal hê aan hierdie vervalsings en opvoerings nie. Dit is gruwel hoedat hierdie vervalle geld predikers die name van groot Godsmanne misbruik om hulleself kredietwaardig te maak terwyl die eerlike predikers geen deel het aan die mammon aanbidding wat die woord van geloof voorspoed predikers vermom met ‘n Christelike brabbeltaal nie. “O hy is een van hulle!” Jong gelowiges gaan dit sien en dit gee aan ketters kredietwaardigheid alhoewel die goeie mane persoonlik weet dit is verkeerd.

Nou, Jósafat het van homself ‘n teiken gemaak, hy laat toe dat hulle hom verwar met Agab en die pyle vlieg. Agab wil iemand hê om die sak vas te hou, en ek sê vir julle? TBN en Hinn en die massas gaan dieselfde pad loop as die PTL klub. Ek sidder vir die goeie manne wat toegelaat het dat hulle hulself identifiseer met hierdie booshede, maar hulle gaan in die kruisvuur beland wanneer dit gebeur.

Kom ons gaan verder. Jósafat roep na God en God tree tussenbeide, God red sy nek. God sal altyd by opregte mense staan, regverdige Godsmanne mense kan groot foute maak. Van die grootse manne in die Bybel het dom foute gemaak, ek het in my lewe al dinge gedoen wat verkeerd was, nie net verkeerd maar totaal dom dinge, ek weet nie hoe ek dit kon gedoen het nie? Dit is nie vir my lekker om dit te noem nie, maar dit is waar, maar God is genadig. God red Jósafat se nek die eerste keer, maar kom ons kyk wat gebeur volgende.

Hulle gaan agter Agab aan, Agab probeer slim wees, hy soek ‘n plaasvervanger maar hy het iets nie raak gesien nie, daar is ‘n gaping in sy wapenrusting.

In Efese 6:13 sien ons hierdie wapenrusting. Die gaping hier is waar die borsplaat die by die skouers kom, die borswapen van geregtigheid. Sonde openbaar mense? dit openbaar die gaping in die mondering. Ek het eenkeer na ‘n Romeinse soldaat se wapenrusting uitstalling in Rome gekyk, dit is massief, en die grootse gedeelte van hierdie wapenrusting is die borsplaat, die borswapen van

geregtigheid. Toe Paulus van hierdie wapenrusting gepraat het – het hy van iets gepraat wat die Jode verstaan het want dit is ook in Jesaja. Maar dit is ook iets wat die Grieke en die Romeine moes verstaan het. Romeine 6:13 sê dat ons dit moet aantrek sodat ons kan vasstaan. Agab het sy wapenrusting aangetrek maar daar was ‘n gaping daarin en daardie pyl vind dit.

Hy het onder die oordeel gekom en was vernietig. Hulle het ook nie die oorwinning oor die Arameërs gekry nie. Kyk na 1 Konings 22:3 3: “??Weet julle dat Ramot in Gílead aan ons behoort? En ons sit stil sonder om dit uit die hand van die koning van Aram te neem!” “Ons moet oorwinning kry oor hierdie ongelowiges, die heidene, die homoseksuele en aborsie drukgroepe, oor die Moslems, die Vrymesselaars, die Mormone, die Jehova se Getuies.

Ons moet die land terug eis vir Christus, ons moet saamstaan!” Dit is wat hulle sê, maar hulle sal nooit oorwinning oor die vyand kry nie, nooit!

‘n Valse broeder kan nie jou bondgenoot wees nie, hy is jou verantwoordelikheid, hy sal nooit wen nie, God gebruik nie mense op die manier nie. Daar is ‘n gaping in die mondering.

Wat is volgende? Hulle verloor die geveg maar ‘n genadige God tree tussenbeide om Jósafat se onthalwe. Dan in 2 Kronieke 19:2: “?? het die siener Jehu, die seun van Hanáni, uitgegaan hom tegemoet, en aan koning Jósafat gesê: “Moet 'n mens die goddelose help, en het u lief die wat die HERE haat???”

Hierdie geldpredikers haat die Ware Jesus Christus, hulle aanbid Mammon. Hulle mag miskien hulle god “Jesus” noem, maar hulle god is mammon. Hulle noem die sonde van hebsug “geloof.” Hulle het ‘n ander god, ‘n ander “Jesus”. Hulle haat die Ware Jesus, hulle wil nie ‘n Jesus hê wat sê: “Neem op jou kruis en volg My”? nie! Hulle soek ‘n Jesus wat vir hulle nog ‘n Mercedes kan gee, en hulle erken dit.

Hulle is valse broeders.

En wanneer jy in sy strydwa, dan ry jy in sy Mercedes en jy kom in sy TV vertoning – mense gaan jou verwar met hom en jy gaan van jouself ‘n teiken maak en niks anders as die Genadige Hand van die Here gaan jou nek red nie.

Hoekom meng jy met mense wat God haat? Wat maak jy op daardie idiotiese TV opvoerings?

Hoekom is jy op dieselfde platforms as ketters? Kan jy nie sien hulle gaan dink jy is een van hulle nie? Kan jy nie sien dat ongelowige mense gaan dink jy stem saam met hierdie mense nie?

Ek wens dat Jósafat, hierdie goeie koning, geluister het. Maar ons sien in 2 Kronieke 20 hy het nie geluister nie! Vers 35, 2 Kronieke 20:35?37: “Maar daarna het Jósafat, die koning van Juda, 'n bondgenootskap aangegaan met Ahásia, die koning van Israel?? wat goddeloos gehandel het.”

Hy doen dit sowaar weer! “En hy het hom as bondgenoot geneem om skepe te bou om na Tarsis te vaar; en hulle het skepe gebou in Éseon?Geber wat naby Aloch was. Maar Eliëser, die seun van Dódawa, uit Marésa, het teen Jósafat geprofeteer en gesê: Omdat u 'n bondgenootskap met Ahásia aangegaan het, verbreek die HERE u werk. En die skepe het skipbreuk gely, sodat hulle nie in staat was om na Tarsis te

vaar nie.” Die tweede keer het God se oordele gekom, die eerste keer het God hom gered en hom tereggewys. Maar die tweede keer: “Gaan jy dit weer doen?” En hulle doen dit weer en hulle verloor alles wat hulle opgebou het.

Jy sien Godsmanne wat dinge bou wat God seën en gebruik en dan gaan hulle en plaas alles op die spel om saam in Agab se koets te ry, om op ‘n idiotiese TV program te kan verskyn? Hoekom? Chuck Missler is ‘n man van God, Greg Laurie is ‘n man van God. Josh McDowell' is ‘n Godsman, Ray Comfort is ‘n Godsman. Daar is genoeg kerke en baie mense en genoeg geld in Calvary Chapels om hulle eie Christelike TV kanale op te rig. Hulle het nie nodig om met hierdie mense deurmekaar te raak nie, ek sê dit in groot liefde. Maar dit is nie net hulle nie.

Hoe kan goeie mense deurmekaar raak met die ekumeniese beweging? In die hoof streke van Calvary Chapels is drie uit vier mense gewese Roomse Katolieke. Die Roomse Kerk sê: “ Jy gaan Hel toe omdat jy die een ware kerk verlaat het, omdat jy nie meer glo dat redding deur die sakrament kom nie, omdat jy nie meer glo dat daar vergifnis van sonde in die vae vuur is nie.” Maar vooraanstaande evangeliese leiers soos Chuck Colson, Pat Robertson, J. I. Packer is een na die ander besig om hulle by hierdie “kerk” wat hulle vervloek te skaar? wat hulle families Hel toe stuur? Ek het ma wat haar geloof in standbeelde van Maria plaas in plaas van Jesus Christus.

Hoe kan goeie mense betrokke raak in sulke dinge? Maar weereens, wanneer God hulle teregwys, hoe diep kan hulle betrokke wees? Maar hulle doen dit.

Nepotisme, familie toegifte, vriendskap? “Ek ken hom al vir 20 jaar, my broer is met sy suster getroud”? al hierdie dinge is besig om jou op te stel. Dan gee hulle jou die tou — “Ons moet saam staan? ons het ‘n gemeenskaplike vyand, ‘n gemeenskaplike gevaar? ons is almal broers!”

“Ons is almal wedergebore, ons het een geloof, een doop, kom laat ons saam staan. Ons kan nie negatief of krities wees nie, ons moet mekaar aanvaar!

Hoekom het jy die mense lief wat God haat? God het Jósafat gewaarsku, hy het geweet daardie 400 valse profete is vals. Al hierdie Kansas City profete en al hierdie fop akteurs, Rick Joyner, een na die ander is volgens Bybelse definisie beproefde valse profete!

Hulle is net so vals soos al die valse profete van enige ander kultus. Jósafat het dit geweet. Hulle gee ‘n groot partytjie, ‘n groot vertoning, ‘n groot feesvierdende lofprysing, ‘n groot Pensacola ? Pepsicola skouspel of wat ook al. Die een na die ander profeteer groot oorwinnings, maar daar is geen oorwinning nie. Nou kom God se oordele!

God staak teregwysing, God neem die ware leierskap weg en Hy gee hulle oor. Hulle word kwaad vir Miga en slaan hom, hulle sê: “Jy is ‘n valse profeet? sluit hom toe totdat ek terugkom.”

Miga sê: “Nee, jy gaan nie terugkom nie ander is ek ‘n valse profeet!” Let op, net ‘n ware profeet sal dinge in die Naam van die Heer profeteer en volle verantwoordelikheid daarvoor neem.

‘n Rick Joyner of ‘n Gerald Coates, Kim Clement sal dit nooit doen nie. Hulle haat ware profete al is hulle reg. Dan klim Jósafat op Agab se strydwa. Hulle verwar hom met Agab en begin skiet op hom. God is genadig, maar dan tugtig God. God wys hom tereg maar hy wil nie hoor nie, en hy doen dit weer, dan word sy skepe verwoes en hy kom nie by Tarsis uit nie.

Wat ‘n tragedie is dit nie wanneer God mense ophef en seën en hulle iets gee om te doen en alles wat hulle opgebou het begin verkrummel en hulle bereik nie hulle God gegewe doelwit nie!

Wanneer jy in Agab se strydwa ry dan word jy geïdentifiseer met Agab, jy is saam met hom in die bed, en hy is saam met Jesebel in die bed, jy is saam met die Pous in die bed, met die Dali Lama, dit is waar dit heengaan. Dit is soos dit was, dit is wat dit is, en dit is hoe dit gaan wees.

Die gebed van my hart is dat die Josafatte van ons dag, die Godsmanne, manne wat ek ken, van hierdie strydwa sal afspring voordat hulle geskiet word. Klim af van die idioot kassies, klim af van daardie platforms, gee nie plek vir Agab in jou gemeente nie, moet nie sy literatuur versprei en sy boeke verkoop nie, moet nie diegene liefhê wat die Here jou God haat nie.

Jósafat was ‘n goeie man, ‘n goeie man met foute, wat slegte foute gemaak het, en voor jou oë is daar goeie manne wat vandag dieselfde foute maak. Mag God in Sy Groot genade hulle teregwys en ons bewaar.

Die Here seën julle, groete. Jacob Prasch



By David Passmore September 7, 2026
The US midterm elections are around the corner and the results could have profound effects on US foreign policy concerning Israel. Much has been said about this vote being a referendum on Trump's unpopular war with Iran. But it can equally be said to be about Trump's other foreign policy engagements that are viewed rather more favourably like the overthrow of Maduro in Venezuela and his replacement with a pro-American regime. With Israel the picture is less clear. It used to be a given that Israel enjoyed bipartisan support on the Hill. You could count on the fingers of one hand the number of politicians opposed to supporting Israel - the occasional fringe Democrat representing a singular Michigan constituency with a high Arab origin demographic, or a rare odd ball Republican preaching strict isolationism. This dynamic has shifted quickly in the last decade. The Democrats have all but abandoned any inclination of a pro-Israel position. Even establishment figures like Chuck Schumer have been pressured to side with the Party's radical left wing. With 60-80% of Democrats now anti-Israel, Israel can no longer rely on Jewish Democrats to oppose anti-Zionism or antisemitism. The most outspoken Democratic member of the Senate advocating a pro-Israel position, Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania is being pressured to resign and leave the party even by Pennsylvania's Jewish Governor Shapiro and Soros sponsored Philadelphia Prosecutor Krasner. This is happening concurrently with mass endorsement from 170 leading Hollywood Jewish actors writing a letter of support for Mark Ruffallo - despite his antisemitic comments naming Jewish investors supporting a Hollywood studio mega merger as being associated with apartheid genocide. However most shocking, were the comments by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel who stood before an audience of Jewish Democrats last weekend telling them they may need to sacrifice the safety, and even the future, of their own people in exchange for saving the rest of humanity. Such rhetoric is contrary to basic human instincts of survival and self-preservation. If any other nation were suggested this course of action, I wonder what their response would be? On the Republican side the foreboding sense of an altering course towards Israel no longer seems so distant. The anti-Israel faction in the Republican party led by Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes are now being supported by Vice President Vance. Jewish kingpins in the Trump Administration such as Witkoff and Kushner have been tied to business dealings in N.Y. with the Muslim Brotherhood controlled Qatari government through its business holdings. Should Republicans lose control of the Senate while Democrats take the House, Israel could find itself having to drastically re-access its relationship with Washington. We wouldn't see an immediate break in ties. American military, intelligence, technological and strategic cooperation with Israel is too integrated into the core of US institutions and corporations that would take a protracted period to dismantle. However, the power of Congress is in no way feeble. Congress controls funding, foreign-assistance legislation, sanctions, arms-related legislation and, perhaps most importantly, the political milieu in which an administration operates. A Democratic House combined with a Senate no longer controlled by Republicans could place enormous pressure on Trump to alter his attitude towards Israel. Practically this could entail demanding further accountability from Israel over military operations in Gaza, and the West Bank Settlers causing civilian casualties and property damage. Military aid could face more conditions or restrictions, but an immediate cutoff is unlikely. Israel has historically depended upon the presumption that regardless of who was President, there would be a robust enough bipartisan coalition in Congress to prevent a major deterioration in the relationship. Now the opposite appears true. Israel is taking the gamble of solely relying on a friendly President like Trump getting elected to maintain cordial relations. With the erosion of even much of Jewish American support for Israel and the hijacking of the Democratic party by a pro Islamist socialist left seen in Mamdani and others, Israel is forced to confront the inescapable reality that the last strong bastion of support for it is the Republican Party's evangelical base. But even younger voters in this key demographic are beginning to question support for Israel. The hostility displayed by the Haredim in Jerusalem and elsewhere against Christians including evangelicals, is to say the least counter-productive to the national interest. To attack the one friend Israel has left with a proven track record of loyalty and is vital to pro-Zionism internationally, is particularly detrimental to the national interest. It is Iran with its Mahdiist interpretations of jihad and sharia as a religious ideology that drives its hatred of Israel and the USA, and The West, to the detriment of the interests of the majority of the Iranian populace who want non hostile co-existence.  Such religious fanaticism and ideologically fuelled hatred ought not be given place in Israeli Judaism. It too, will generate adverse consequences for the majority of Israelis, including religious moderates, who desire an ongoing friendship with Evangelical Christians whose theology is not one of anti Semitism, but of proven Philo-Semitism and pro Zionism.
By David Passmore August 21, 2026
Don't bite the hand that feeds you - Irish hypocrisy towards Israel Rubin Rothler LLB, LLM Amongst European nations, Ireland in recent years has gained the reputation as being the leading anti-Zionist country. The Irish Republic has never been favourably inclined to Israel. It only established an Embassy in Tel Aviv in 1996. In poll after poll the vast majority of the Irish public have indicated hostility towards Zionism and strong support for Palestinian Statehood. The curious aberration to this is that in British Ruled Northern Ireland support is demarcated along sectarian lines. Catholic Republican areas predictably tend to ardently support the Palestinian cause, while Protestant Unionist communities are overwhelmingly pro-Israel. Perhaps some credence can be given to sentiments of traditional Catholic antisemitism hardwired into the Irish psyche as contributing towards this disposition. It was certainly odd that the Irish government promptly sent a delegation to the Nazi German Ambassador in Dublin to convey condolences after news of Hitler's suicide broke at the end of WW2. But more concretely if you were to ask the average Irish protester on a pro-Palestine march the basis of their empathy for the Palestinian cause, they would point to the ostensible parallels between the Irish experience of fighting for independence from British colonial oppression to the plight of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. Further remonstrations on a diplomatic level concern the actions of the IDF interreacting with Irish Peace Keepers in Southern Lebanon that have caused the deaths of several Irish Peace Keepers over the decades in friendly fire incidents. Ireland has contributed the most peace keepers to this mission per capita and the government has condemned Israel for these deaths that they view as avoidable. This animosity towards Israel is unbalanced. There are reasons to consider that Ireland and Israel have a shared experience of national liberation. Both countries fought the British in the pursuit of independence. Both countries made great efforts to resurrect their ancient languages for modern wide scale use. Both the Irish and Jews form major diaspora communities in New York. Despite all this Ireland ranks as Israel's second largest export market after the US. The preponderance of Israeli exports to Ireland comprises electronic integrated circuits, micro-assemblies, and tech manufacturing components. American multinational colossal tech corporations like Intel are substantially engrossed in this trade through the chain of supply. Ireland and Israel are hubs for design and manufacture of high-tech hardware components for US corporations. So, due to the nature of the most prosperous and competitive sectors of their respective economies, Israel and Ireland are inextricably bound in bilateral trade ties. Resolutions from the Irish government to impose sanctions on West Bank originating produce is merely perfunctory rhetoric. Such actions amount to a drop in the bucket in terms of impact to overall trade. The stark reliance of Ireland on advanced Israeli aviation equipment recently caused a spectacle when Ireland's new government jet struggled to land in heavy fog due to it being ordered without an advanced Israeli made navigation system. This was directly due to a short-sighted government decision not to buy Israeli military technology. There is a marked disparity between the official position of the Irish government designed for domestic public consumption and the economic policies that it actually pursues towards Israel. The government is acutely aware that the US is massively invested in the Irish economy and they don't want to do anything to jeopardise this. Washington demands that their enterprises in Dublin are intertwined with operations in Israel. The Irish government dare not even prevent US military supply flights refuelling at Shannon Airport on their way to Tel Aviv. The Irish government knows that times change and now the gripping social issue is the anti-immigrant/anti-Islam popular street protests. Soon the anti-Israel protests could become a mere side show only really promoted by Sinn Fein given the pressing ramifications of mass migration. So, in the meantime certain politicians will rile against the occupation, purported genocide and pass paltry sanctions against insignificant produce from the West Bank. All the while making hand over fist in money with the Israelis where it really matters in tech.  (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 July 31, 2026
The Tide Has Changed Rubin Rothler LLB, LLM The America that Netanyahu touched down on is a changed America. The death of Lindsey Graham represents a changing of the guard. Graham was a staunch Israeli ally who will most probably become an increasingly rare breed in Washington. Sixty percent of Americans now hold a unfavourable view of Israel which politicians are finding difficult to ignore. It was once unthinkable to believe that New York City with such a strong Jewish electoral base and influence on all sectors of economic and cultural life would have a mayor that is so hostile to Israel to such an extent that he is calling for the arrest of its Prime Minister. From all accounts Netanyahu was cordially welcomed at the White House. The official press release stated that the talks were constructive. What is more telling is what was left unsaid particularly concerning the proposed sale of F35's to Israel's new regional adversary -Turkey. Trump is keen to find a swift resolution to the Iran War, while Netanyahu is opposed to a premature departure. When the US and Israel initiated their attacks on Iran over five months ago, Trump and Netanyahu appeared united in the War's goals and purpose. But as the protracted conflict has staggered to topple the Iranian regime fractures have emerged. Much has been said about the imminent political realities both leaders face. The Republicans could take a big hit in the November midterm elections should the war continue and global energy markets be negatively impacted. Netanyahu is anxious to demonstrate a big win to the Israeli public with the upcoming October election. In Israel, the Iran War is not viewed in isolation, but rather as an extension of the response to the colossal disaster of the October 7th massacre. Netanyahu must rehabilitate his reputation as a competent steward of national security having had the greatest loss of civilian life in an attack happening under his watch. Aside from the Iran issue, Trump is being pressured by Erdogan to insist upon Israeli withdrawal from Syrian territory pre-emptively seized by Israel following the toppling of Assad. Trump has also indicated disapproval of the extent of continuing Israeli measures against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, questioning the proportionality employed. Netanyahu is not in an envious position. Throughout his tenure and political career, he lauded his ability to engage successfully with the American public by zealously advocating Israel's position. Yet under his government Israel's reputation has plummeted in the US. Trump may be the last US President to extend such overwhelming bilateral support to Israel. The days of politicians like Lindsey Graham are fast ending. While John Fetteman and Marco Rubio appear to be remaining more solid, even some of the most warmly inclined leading Republican and Democrat voices like Donald Trump and Rahm Emanuel have nuanced their support for Israel. The tide has shifted and will at best level off if not continuing to shift further.  (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 July 24, 2026
The Saudi Nuclear Deal: An attempt to alter the Regional Balance of Power Rubin Rothler LLB, LLM The initiative to develop a civilian nuclear program in Saudi Arabia with US assistance isn't new. There were concrete plans discussed towards these ends during the first Trump Administration. The recent announcement to actualize this deal follows the geo-political regional tumult in the wake of the Iran War. Several dimensions of motivation underlie the US decision. An overarching US strategic agenda is to keep the Saudis firmly in the American sphere of influence. Washington knows all too well that the Chinese and Russians are eager to offer their nuclear technical assistance to the Saudis in order to draw them closer to their camp. On a personal note, the nuclear agreement is a significant achievement for Bin Salaman. The Saudis have long had designs to diversify their energy supplies. Having a civilian nuclear program also adds prestige to Saudi Arabia as an emerging market economy. For the US, a monopoly on contracting companies for the requisite construction offers lucrative economic opportunities. Although the Civilian Nuclear deal does not allow the enrichment of Uranium, the Saudis will be in a position to do so if Washington gives the green light. This will act as a counterbalanced threat hanging over the Iranians. After the recent flare up of renewed fighting with Iran due to their lack of adherence to the moratorium of understanding, something had to budge in Trump's estimation. A reconfiguration of the power balance in the Gulf by introducing the potential of Saudi Arabia to be able to acquire nuclear weapons shifts the dynamic and places further pressure on Iran to strictly abstain from nuclear proliferation. Despite Israeli concerns about the agreement, Trump sought to assuage their alarm by making it contingent upon Saudi Arabia normalizing relations with them. Given the inherently unstable nature of an autocratic Saudi regime Israel views a diplomatic relationship with the Saudis as being on precarious footing in the long term. Israel is already forced to contend with the implications of one nuclear armed Muslim state - Pakistan and it will further weaken its own deterrent capability if another similarly capable hostile neighbour were to emerge in the future. The roles of Turkey and Qatar in all this foray are a wild card. Officially Turkey is served under the NATO nuclear umbrella for defence that is subject to US control. However, its civilian nuclear program remains in its infancy. Now with the Saudi deal, Erdogan may be inclined to exert pressure on the US to help accelerate his own nuclear program. Just as Erdogan's efforts to acquire F35 fighter jets from the US greatly disturbed Israeli military planners, a heightened Turkish nuclear ability will intensify this fear. Qatar views itself as pursuing its own independent foreign policy that has managed to remain rather neutral during the current war, thereby escaping the ire of Iran's strikes on US regional assets. Overall, the Qatari government has grown closer to the Turkish vision for the region and so likely isn't particularly amiable to the Saudi agreement. Ultimately the Saudi deal is a gamble. Many will see it as throwing more fuel on the fire which will further imperil the tinder box region and heighten tensions. But Trump finds himself at a continuing impasse with a stubborn regime in Tehran that is leveraging their geographic hold on the straits of Hormuz to inflict damage on the global energy markets. Iranian strikes upon US Arab regional allies have underscored the de facto alliance between Israel and the Arabs against Iran and its Shia proxies. The US hopes to use the Saudi nuclear deal as a means of making this alliance official by having Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords as a pre-condition.  (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 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).
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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By Mea Fredrickson June 23, 2026
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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)
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