There is a prophetic wind swirling around Israel as we witness the ancient words of holy scripture playing out in historic fashion.

Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11 is the Torah portion called Va’etchanan, and it is read following the fast of Tisha B’Av, which began August 12th this year at sundown and continued until an hour after sundown on August 13th. Tishah B’Av is the saddest day of the Jewish year because it was on that date that the Sin of the Spies occurred, and both Temples were destroyed–among other national tragedies. Currently, Israel faces terrorist wars from Hamas, Hezbollah, and others sponsored and/or supported by prophetic end-times nations Iran (Persia) and Turkey.

Moses warned the people not to fall into idolatry, for as Deuteronomy 4:24 says, “ADONAI God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.” This is repeated in Hebrews 12:29. Moses predicted that the people would serve other gods and enter into exile but that the LORD would have compassion on them when they repent.

Moses prophesied in Deuteronomy 4:30-31, “In your distress, when all these things have come upon you, in the acharit-hayamim (end of days), you will return to ADONAI your God and listen to what he says; for ADONAI your God is a merciful God.”

Notice that Moses says that the mercy of God will restore Israel in the latter days when they are in distress—tribulation.

Tribulation for Israel in the end times is also prophesied by the prophets Daniel, Jeremiah, and Zechariah.

Daniel 9:26 says, “…and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary, and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.”

Zechariah 14:2-3 says, “For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then shall the Lord go forth and fight against those nations.”

Jeremiah 30:7: “…it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.”

This all aligns with the Matthew 24:21 prophecy of Jesus concerning Israel’s troubles in the latter days: “For there will be trouble then worse than there has ever been from the beginning of the world until now, and there will be nothing like it again.”

But that is not the end, for there is hope. Jesus says of Israel in Luke 13:35, “See! Your house is left to you desolate; and assuredly, I say to you, you shall not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

Jesus was quoting Psalm 118:26. It was the way people of that day were taught to welcome the Messiah. And when that time comes, the people of Israel will cry out to their Messiah, and He will deliver them.

Prophecy is often fulfilled in layers, and we may be witnessing the very events leading to the end of days.

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There is a historic political conundrum occurring in America. Against the backdrop of one of the most socialist takeovers of the executive branch in history, resulting in tremendous failures in both domestic and foreign policy, the Democratic Party has chosen to dig in on presenting the most socialistic presidential ticket ever seen in America.

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz would have been considered communists in the 1950s. Now, they are repackaged as progressives. Their positions on key issues are proven failures and border on nonsense. A major political party in any country does not allow this type of presidential ticket going forward unless it is banking on a specific outcome. Beware of the deception ahead.

Harris-Walz, by any normal political standard, is a losing ticket. In any given year, this ticket would be considered a laughing stock. But this is no “given year.” There will be about 40% of voters who will vote for Harris-Walz just because they are Democrats. There also will be a single-digit percentage that will vote for the ticket because they represent a considerably growing segment of mentally ill people.

The Democrats have also chosen their side in the Israel vs Palestinian terrorist issue with Walz, hoping to get more Muslim votes than losing Jewish votes. When you get right down to the nuts and bolts of this ticket, it could very well win just based on the socialist—mentally ill—Islamic coalition it cobbles together. Couple this with a very progressive news media and propaganda effort that continuously feeds negativity, hate, and disruption instigated by the radical left and blamed on Christians and conservatives.

Indeed, the ongoing provision of illegal immigrants getting driver’s licenses and registering to vote will also have an impact. Whether they are eligible to vote is immaterial. They can vote and get away with it if there is no accountability.

We have seen this before, right?

There are still states that allow ballot-stuffing through mail-ins without any voter identification. We can’t forget that the Democrats fight in court any purging of dead people from the voter rolls. There is a reason for that, and it’s not about discrimination.

A question worth asking is why would the Democratic Party put up this ticket?

Are they just willing to accept the loss and hope for the best on the down-ballot candidates? Or are they so confident that they can continue their Marxist revolution and win this?

Yes, Donald Trump should tramp all over this ticket, but in politics, everything happens for a reason.

As 2 Timothy 3:13 warns, “But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.”

We must remain vigilant in both prayer and action, praying unceasingly that the Lord spare our nation from the consequences of bad leadership. And we must not be lax in getting out to vote. There is no sure thing in politics these days.

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