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The Banquet of the Lamb
When will it Happen ?
It takes place in the first part of the 1000 Years Peace in the Holy City , called Heaven . The rapture occurs just after the return of Jesus .@ at the battle of Armageddon.
Rev 16:15 Behold , I come as a thief . Blessed is he that watcheth. and his clothing preserve , so that he not perhaps naked walk around and they his shame see not .
Rev 16:16 And they have their gathered at the place called in Hebrew is called Armageddon .
How to Qualify for The Banquet of the Lamb?
Jesus ‘s. John 3:5 Jesus answer : Indeed , indeed I say for you , if anyone not born of water and the Spirit , cannot he in the kingdom of God enter not .
John 3:6 What from the flesh is born of the flesh ; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
In others words – Baptism of Jesus and the Baptism with the Holy Spirit.
Paul confirms that without the Baptism of the Holy Spirit you not snatched away ca n’t be !
Rom 8:11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead raised up, in you live , then shall He who Christ from the dead raised , too you mortal bodies alive make by his Spirit which is in you live .
Rom 8:12 Therefore then , brothers , we are debtors , not to the flesh to the flesh to life not ;
Rom 8:13 for if you after the flesh life , will you die , but if you through the Spirit the works of the body kill , will you life .
Romans 8:14 For All who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God .
Romans 8:15 For you have not receive a spirit of slavery to again to fear but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons , through who we cry : Abba, Father!
Rom 8:16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God;
You must have 3 YES’s in Heaven and 3 YES’s on Earth
And both places confirm , baptize with the Holy Spirit
1 Jn 5:6 This is he who came by water and blood came , Jesus the Christ ; not by water alone but by water and blood ; and It is the Spirit who bears witness , because the Spirit is the truth .
1 Jn 5:7 For There are three who bear witness in heaven : the Father, the Word, and the and the Holy Spirit, and this three is one ;
1 Jn 5:8 and There are three that bear witness on earth : the Spirit and the water and the blood , and these three agree in one .
What do the Spirit-filled receive ? chosen one at The Banquet of the Lamb ?
Attending the wedding feast shall not only the Church as the Bride of Christ , but others also . The ” others ” include the saints of the Old Testament – the 144,000 of whom spoken of in Rev 7 ” Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb ” ( Revelation 19:9). The wedding supper of the Lamb is a glorious celebration of all who are in Christ !
The Crowns : There are 5 heavenly crowns mentioned in the New Testament , which refer to believers awarded They are the imperishable crown , the crown of joy , the crown of righteousness , the crown of glory . and the crown of life . The Greek word for “crown” is “ stephanos ” (the origin for the name Stephen , the martyr ) and it means “a weapon of royalty , a prize in the public games or a symbol of honor in general .” During the ancient Greek games , crowns were used ; a wreath or garland of leaves was placed on the head of the victor placed as a reward for winning an athletics race . This athletic honor is used figuratively in the New Testament for the rewards in heaven that God promises to the righteous . 1 Cor 9 :24-25 best defines how these crowns are awarded .
The Incorruptible Crown – (1 Cor 9:24-25) “ Know you not that athletes competing in a race participate , yes everyone run , but that only one wins the prize receive not ? Run then so that you the price can win. Everyone who participates in a game participate , deny themselves all kinds of things. They do it is a transient victor’s crown to ” We have obtained an incorruptible one .” All things on this Earth is subject on impermanence and shall perish . Jesus encourages we to not we treasures on earth to gather not ” where moth and rust it destroyed and where thieves break in and ” Do not steal ” (Matt 6:19). This is similar to to what Paul said about the athlete ‘s crown of leaves withering away and fall apart . The heavenly crown is not like that ; faithful perseverance wins a heavenly reward , which is as follows is: ” the incorruptible , uncontaminated and unfading inheritance that is in heaven also for you in custody be kept ” (1 Pet 1:3-5).
The Crown of Joy – (1 Thessalonians 2:20) “ Who but unlike you , we are your hope and we joy , the crown upon us work on which we will be proud when us with her second coming before the Lord Jesus will appear ? After all , you are we honor and we joy !” Paul tells us in Phil 4:4 to always stay to be in the Lord, for the abundant blessing of grace that God has bestowed upon we poured out . As Christians , we very more than anyone otherwise to talk stay to be in this life . Luke says there is joy in heaven ( Luke 15:7). The crown of joy shall we reward , where God “will wipe away all the tears of their eyes dry up . Death shall there not no more . Also pain , sorrow and ache shall there not be no more . The former things have passed away ” ( Revelation 21:4).
The Crown of Righteousness – (2 Tim 4:8) “ Now awaits the victor’s crown for me, life with God. On the day that He again come , the Lord, the righteous one, will Judge , this give me, and not only for me , but also for everyone who longs look forward after His coming .” We inherit this crown through the righteousness of Christ ; without Christ ‘s righteousness , can this crown not is not obtained . Because it by fairness be obtained and not by force and deception not be accomplished , as earthly crowns sometimes , it is an eternal crown, to everyone promise what the Lord loves and look forward after His arrival . By we continuous discouragement , persecution , suffering or even death , know we with certainty that we reward waiting with Christ for eternity (Phil 3:20). This crown is not for those who are dependent on them own fairness Such an attitude only breeds arrogance and pride , not a longing to be with the Lord .
The Crown of Glory – (1 Pet 5:4) “ And then , when the Chief Shepherd come , will you will receive the imperishable crown of glory .” This The word “ glory ” is an interesting one. word that refers to the real one nature of God and His actions . This contains His great shine and clarity . Think about Stephen , who while he being stoned to death , he was able to rise look to heaven and the glory of God see (Acts 7:55-56). This word means also that the praise and honor what we give to God, Him is worthy , because He is Who He is ( Isa 42:8; 48:11; Gal 1:5). Believers are incredible blessed to enter the kingdom go and the crown of glory to receive the image of Christ Himself received . As Paul said , “ I am of that convinced that the suffering we now must endure , not outweigh the glory that God has for us in the future shall late dawn not ” (Rom 8:18).
The Crown of Life – ( Revelation 2:10) “ Do not be afraid of what you everything go suffer Look , the devil some of you are going to jail late throw , so that you in trial shall come and you shall ten for many days heavy Remain faithful until death and I shall give you the crown of life .” This crown is for all believers , but especially for those who suffer endured , what persecution for Jesus had to to endure , even to death . In Scripture the word “ life ” is often used used to develop a true relationship with God to image . Jesus said , ” I came that their life can have and “It is abundant ” (John 10:10). Just like air, food and water is essential for physical life , Jesus is essential for spiritual life . He is the One who provides the “ living water . ” He is the “bread of life ” (John 4:10; 6:35). We earthly lives shall ends , but we have the wonderful promise on all who came to God through Jesus : “ And this is what the Son we promised : the eternal life ” (1 John 2:25).
James say that this crown of life for all who love God ( James 1:12). The question then is , how do we demonstrate we we love for God? The apostle John answers this : “The love for God exists then in it that we His commandments obedient . She commandments are also not difficult to obedient (1 John 5:3). If She children must we His commandments comply , by Him faithful to obedient . So , as we the inevitable trials , pain , sorrow and oppression endure – as long as we life – may we always forward moving , always “the eye focused on Jesus, the Beginning and ” The perfecter of faith ” ( Heb 12:2) and the crown of life receive , which awaits us . Help to see the Judgment before to very : Mat 19:28 And Jesus said for them : Indeed I say for you that you who followed Me , in the new birth when the Son of Man comes in his delicious throne Sit down, you guys. also at twelve thrones will sit and the twelve tribes of Israel will judgment . Luke 22:30 so that you can eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sitting on thrones around the twelve tribes of Israel Judgement . John 7:24 Do not judge according to what you see but judge righteously judgment . 1 Co 6:2 Know you not that the saints the world shall judge And if the world by you are you being judged ? then incompetent for the slightest legal matters ? 1 Co 6:3 Know you not that we angels shall judge no , how much to more everyday things ?
Understanding the Bible with Pastor Dirk
Die Breilofsmaal van die Lam
Wanneer Vind dit Plaas ?
Dit vind plaas in die eerste gedeelte van die 1000 Jaar Vrede in die Heilige Stad , genoem die Hemel . net na die wederkoms van Jesus vind die wegraping plaas by die slag van Armageddon.
Rev 16:15 Kyk, Ek kom soos ‘n dief. Salig is hy wat waak en sy klere bewaar, sodat hy nie miskien naak rondloop en hulle sy skaamte sien nie.
Rev 16:16 En hulle het hul versamel op die plek wat in Hebreeus genoem word Armagéddon.
Hoe Kwalifiseer ek om by die Breilofsmaal te wees?
Jesus se . Joh 3:5 Jesus antwoord: Voorwaar, voorwaar Ek sê vir jou, as iemand nie gebore word uit water en Gees nie, kan hy in die koninkryk van God nie ingaan nie.
Joh 3:6 Wat uit die vlees gebore is, is vlees; en wat uit die Gees gebore is, is gees.
In ander woorde – Doop van Jesus en die Doping met die Heilige Gees.
Paulus bevestig dat sonder die Doping van die Heilige Gees jy nie weggeraap kan word nie !
Rom 8:11 En as die Gees van Hom wat Jesus uit die dode opgewek het, in julle woon, dan sal Hy wat Christus uit die dode opgewek het, ook julle sterflike liggame lewend maak deur sy Gees wat in julle woon.
Rom 8:12 Daarom dan, broeders, is ons skuldenaars, nie aan die vlees om na die vlees te lewe nie;
Rom 8:13 want as julle na die vlees lewe, sal julle sterwe, maar as julle deur die Gees die werke van die liggaam doodmaak, sal julle lewe.
Rom 8:14 Want almal wat deur die Gees van God gelei word, dié is kinders van God.
Rom 8:15 Want julle het nie ontvang ‘n gees van slawerny om weer te vrees nie, maar julle het ontvang die Gees van aanneming tot kinders, deur wie ons roep: Abba, Vader!
Rom 8:16 Die Gees self getuig saam met ons gees dat ons kinders van God is;
Jy moet 3 JA’s he in die Hemel en 3 JA’s op die Aarde
En albei plekke bevestig , doping met die Heilige Gees
1Jn 5:6 Dit is Hy wat deur water en bloed gekom het, Jesus die Christus; nie deur die water alleen nie, maar deur die water en die bloed; en dit is die Gees wat getuig, want die Gees is die waarheid.
1Jn 5:7 Want daar is drie wat getuig in die hemel: die Vader, die Woord en die Heilige Gees, en hierdie drie is een;
1Jn 5:8 en daar is drie wat getuig op die aarde: die Gees en die water en die bloed, en die drie is eenstemmig.
Wat ontvang die Geesgevulde uitverkorene by die Breilofsmaal?
Die bywoning van die bruilofsfees sal nie net die Kerk as die Bruid van Christus wees nie, maar andere ook. Die “andere” sluit die heiliges van die Ou Testament in –Die 144 000 waarvan gepraat word in Openb 7 “Geseënd is hulle wat na die bruilofsmaal van die Lam uitgenooi is” (Openbaring 19:9). Die bruilofsfeesmaal van die Lam is ‘n glorieryke viering van almal wat in Christus is!
Die Krone ! Daar is 5 hemelse krone wat in die Nuwe Testament genoem word, wat aan gelowiges toegeken sal word. Hulle is die onverganklike kroon, die kroon van blydskap, die kroon van geregtigheid, die kroon van heerlikheid en die kroon van die lewe. Die Griekse woord vir “kroon” is “stephanos” (die oorsprong vir die naam Stefanus, die martelaar) en dit beteken “’n wapen van koninklikheid, ‘n prys in die publieke spele of ‘n simbool van eerbetoon in die algemeen.” Gedurende die antieke Griekse spele is krone gebruik; ‘n krans of girlande van blare was op die kop van die oorwinnaar geplaas as ‘n beloning vir die wen van ‘n atletiekwedloop. Hierdie atletiek-eerbewys word figuurlik in die Nuwe Testament gebruik vir die belonings in die hemel wat God belowe aan die regverdiges. 1 Kor 9:24-25 definieer die beste hoe hierdie krone toegeken word.
Die Onverganklike Kroon – (1 Kor 9:24-25) “Weet julle nie dat atlete wat aan ‘n wedloop deelneem, wel almal hardloop, maar dat net een die prys ontvang nie? Hardloop dan só dat julle die prys kan wen. Almal wat aan ‘n wedstryd deelneem, ontsê hulleself allerlei dinge. Hulle doen dit om ‘n verganklike oorwinnaarskroon te verkry, maar ons ‘n onverganklike.” Alle dinge op hierdie aarde is onderwerp aan verganklikheid en sal vergaan. Jesus moedig ons aan om nie ons skatte op aarde te vergaar nie “waar mot en roes dit verniel en waar diewe inbreek en dit steel nie” (Matt 6:19). Dit is soortgelyk aan wat Paulus gesê het oor die atleet se blarekrans wat verwelk en uitmekaar val. Die hemelse kroon is nie so nie; getroue volharding wen ‘n hemelse beloning, wat as volg is:“die onverganklike, onbesmette en onverwelklike erfenis wat in die hemel ook vir julle in bewaring gehou word” (1 Pet 1:3-5).
Die Kroon van Blydskap – (1 Tess 2:20) “Wie anders tog as julle is ons hoop en ons blydskap, die kroon op ons werk waarop ons trots sal wees wanneer ons met Sy wederkoms voor die Here Jesus sal verskyn? Júlle is immers ons eer en ons blydskap!” Paulus vertel ons in Fil 4:4 om altyd bly te wees in die Here, vir die oorvloedige seën van genade wat God oor ons uitgestort het. As Christene het ons baie meer as enigiemand anders om oor bly te wees in hierdie lewe. Lukas sê daar is blydskap in die hemel (Luk 15:7). Die kroon van blydskap sal ons beloning wees, waar God “al die trane van hulle oë afdroog. Die dood sal daar nie meer wees nie. Ook leed, smart en pyn sal daar nie meer wees nie. Die dinge van vroeër het verbygegaan” (Openbaring 21:4).
Die Kroon van Regverdigheid – (2 Tim 4:8) “Nou wag die oorwinnaarskroon vir my, die lewe by God. Op die dag dat Hy weer kom, sal die Here, die regverdige Regter, dit vir my gee, en nie net vir my nie, maar ook vir almal wat met verlange uitsien na Sy koms.” Ons erf hierdie kroon deur die regverdigheid van Christus; sonder Christus se regverdigheid, kan hierdie kroon nie verkry word nie. Omdat dit deur regverdigheid verkry word en nie deur mag en misleiding bewerkstellig word nie, soos aardse krone soms, is dit ‘n ewige kroon, aan almal belowe wat die Here liefhet en uitsien na Sy koms. Deur ons voortdurende ontmoediging, vervolging, lyding of selfs die dood, weet ons met sekerheid dat ons beloning saam met Christus in die ewigheid wag (Fil 3:20). Hierdie kroon is nie vir hulle wat afhanklik is van hul eie regverdigheid nie. So ‘n gesindheid kweek net arrogansie en trots, nie ‘n verlange om saam met die Here te wees nie.
Die Kroon van Heerlikheid– (1 Pet 5:4) “En dan, wanneer die Opperherder kom, sal julle die heerlikheid as onverganklike kroon ontvang.” Hierdie woord “heerlikheid” is ‘n interessante woord, wat verwys na die egte natuur van God en Sy aksies. Dit bevat Sy groot glans en helderheid. Dink aan Stefanus, wat terwyl hy gestenig word tot die dood, was hy in staat om op te kyk na die hemel en die heerlikheid van God te sien (Hand 7:55-56). Hierdie woord beteken ook dat die lofprysing en eer wat ons aan God gee, Hom waardig is, omdat Hy is Wie Hy is (Jes 42:8; 48:11; Gal 1:5). Gelowiges is ongelooflik geseënd om in die koninkryk in te gaan en die kroon van heerlikheid te ontvang, die beeld van Christus Self te ontvang. Soos Paulus gesê het, “Ek is daarvan oortuig dat die lyding wat ons nou moet verduur, nie opweeg teen die heerlikheid wat God vir ons in die toekoms sal laat aanbreek nie” (Rom 8:18).
Die Kroon van die Lewe – (Openbaring 2:10) “Moenie bang wees vir wat julle alles gaan ly nie. Kyk, die duiwel gaan party van julle in die tronk laat gooi, sodat julle in beproewing sal kom en julle sal tien dae lank baie swaar kry. Bly getrou tot die dood toe en Ek sal julle die lewe as kroon gee.” Hierdie kroon is vir alle gelowiges, maar spesiaal vir hulle wat lyding verduur het, wat vervolging vir Jesus moes deurmaak, selfs tot die dood toe. In die Skrif word die woord “lewe” dikwels gebruik om ‘n ware verhouding met God uit te beeld. Jesus het gesê, “Ek het gekom sodat hulle die lewe kan hê en dit in oorvloed” (Joh 10:10). Netsoos lug, kos en water noodsaaklik is vir fisiese lewe, is Jesus noodsaaklik vir geestelike lewe. Hy is die Een wat die “lewende water” voorsien. Hy is die “brood van die lewe” (Joh 4:10; 6:35). Ons aardse lewens sal eindig, maar ons het die wonderlike belofte aan almal wat deur Jesus na God gekom het: “En dit is wat die Seun ons belowe het: die ewige lewe” (1 Joh 2:25).
Jakobus sê dat hierdie kroon van die lewe vir almal is wat God liefhet (Jak 1:12). Die vraag is dan, hoe demonstreer ons ons liefde vir God? Die apostel Johannes antwoord dit: “Die liefde vir God bestaan dan daarin dat ons Sy gebooie gehoorsaam. Sy gebooie is ook nie moeilik om te gehoorsaam nie” (1 Joh 5:3). As Sy kinders moet ons Sy gebooie nakom, deur Hom getrou te gehoorsaam. Dus, soos ons die onvermydelike beproewinge, pyn, hartseer en verdrukkings verduur – so lank as wat ons lewe – mag ons altyd vorentoe beweeg, altyd “die oog gevestig op Jesus, die Begin en Voleinder van die geloof” (Heb 12:2) en die kroon van die lewe ontvang, wat op ons wag. Help om die Oordeel voor te bery : Mat 19:28 En Jesus sê vir hulle: Voorwaar Ek sê vir julle dat julle wat My gevolg het, in die wedergeboorte wanneer die Seun van die mens op sy heerlike troon gaan sit, julle ook op twaalf trone sal sit en die twaalf stamme van Israel sal oordeel. Luk 22:30 sodat julle kan eet en drink aan my tafel in my koninkryk en op trone sit om die twaalf stamme van Israel te oordeel. Joh 7:24 Moenie oordeel volgens wat julle sien nie, maar oordeel ‘n regverdige oordeel. 1Co 6:2 Weet julle nie dat die heiliges die wêreld sal oordeel nie? En as die wêreld deur julle geoordeel word, is julle dan onbevoeg vir die geringste regsake? 1Co 6:3 Weet julle nie dat ons engele sal oordeel nie, hoeveel te meer die alledaagse dinge?
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Bible Verse and Prayer for Today
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
2 Corinthians 6:14
Prayer
Lord . Yes Light and Darkness should not live together . But sometimes we do need to Go into the Darkness to see if our Light is still shining Bright or not shining anymore. we need to check our lights in the Darkness because between the other lights in the Church , we will never see if our Light is still on . Please Help us with this dear Lord in Jesus name , amen and amen
Bybel Vers en Gebed vir Vandag
Moenie in ‘n ongelyke juk trek saam met ongelowiges nie, want watter gemeenskap het die geregtigheid met die ongeregtigheid, en watter gemeenskap het die lig met die duisternis?
2 Korintiërs 6:14
Gebed
Here. Ja, Lig en Duisternis behoort nie saam te leef nie. Maar soms moet ons in die Duisternis ingaan om te sien of ons Lig nog helder skyn en nie meer skyn nie. Ons moet ons ligte in die Duisternis nagaan, want tussen die ander ligte in die Kerk sal ons nooit sien of ons Lig nog aan is nie. Help ons asseblief hiermee, liewe Here, in Jesus se Naam, amen en amen.
Bible Teaching of the Day
Second Timothy contains the poignant testimony of the apostle Paul, who says his life is “being poured out like a drink offering” and the time of his death had come (2 Timothy 4:6). In verse 5 he says, “But you [Timothy], keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.” There was no better man than Paul to give advice about endurance under suffering for the Lord Jesus. Paul had been imprisoned, beaten, stoned, shipwrecked, hungry, cold, and destitute (2 Corinthians 11:23–28). In spite of all this and more, Paul managed to endure the suffering, finish the race, and keep the faith (2 Timothy 4:7).
Hardships come in a variety of ways. Temptations, illnesses, lost jobs, broken relationships, and persecution for one’s faith are all forms of hardship. Christians should not be taken by surprise when hardships come: Jesus warned us, “In this world you will have trouble” (John 16:33). The good news is that Jesus followed up His warning with this word of encouragement: “But take heart! I have overcome the world.” We can endure by His grace.
To endure is more than just continuing to exist; it is continuing to exist in the same manner as before the suffering began. If Paul had lived through his sufferings but at some point had thrown up his hands in defeat, stopped being obedient to God, or no longer worked for the cause of Christ, he would not have “endured.” If he had responded to his sufferings with an attitude of bitterness, anger, or retaliation, then Paul could not have said that he “endured.”
Paul’s response to suffering was not to buckle under the weight of circumstance but to realize Christ has called His church to endure hardship (John 16:33; Luke 14:27). Paul said that he rejoiced because in his flesh he was filling up what was lacking in Christ’s afflictions (Colossians 1:24). Every time Paul was beaten, chained, or hungry, he identified more with Christ in his flesh. Paul could rejoice because suffering in his flesh for the sake of the church is a privilege of sharing in the sufferings of Christ (Philippians 3:10).
As Christians, we should turn to God with our suffering, and He will be faithful to help us undergo every trial and overcome every temptation (1 Corinthians 10:13). We can learn to have the same joy as Paul had during trials, knowing that suffering produces virtues such as endurance, godly character, and lively hope (Romans 5:3–5).
To “endure” does not mean simply to grin and bear it. Christians will feel sad, betrayed, or even angry at times. These emotions in and of themselves are not bad; they only become sin when we allow them to take root in our lives and produce bitterness, evil thoughts of revenge, or unforgiveness. Believers must remember that everything that comes into our lives is under the control of a sovereign God who has promised He is working all things out for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose (Romans 8:28).
Jesus is the ultimate example of someone who endured hardship (Hebrews 12:2). The author of Hebrews reminds believers of Christ’s perseverance at the hands of sinners. Jesus, in spite of great suffering, never turned back, even from the cross (Hebrews 12:2–4). Hebrews 12:2 says Jesus endured the cross “for the joy set before him.” Although Christ knew the suffering the cross would provide, His anticipated joy enabled Him to keep going; He knew what the rewards would be—the redemption of mankind and a seat at the right hand of God. In the same way, Christians can find hope to endure when we consider the rewards God has promised us. “Do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. For, ‘In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.’ And, ‘But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back.’ But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved” (Hebrews 10:35–39).
Bybel Lering vir die Dag
Tweede Timoteus bevat die aangrypende getuienis van die apostel Paulus, wat sê dat sy lewe “soos ‘n drankoffer uitgegiet word” en dat die tyd van sy dood aangebreek het (2 Timoteus 4:6). In vers 5 sê hy: “Maar jy [Timoteus], wees in alle omstandighede kopbewaak, verduur verdrukking, doen die werk van ‘n evangelis, voer al jou bediening uit.” Daar was geen beter man as Paulus om raad te gee oor volharding onder lyding vir die Here Jesus nie. Paulus was in die tronk, geslaan, gestenig, skipbreuk gely, honger, koud en behoeftig (2 Korintiërs 11:23–28). Ten spyte van dit alles en meer, het Paulus daarin geslaag om die lyding te verduur, die wedloop te voltooi en die geloof te behou (2 Timoteus 4:7).
Ongelukke kom op verskeie maniere. Versoekings, siektes, verlore werk, gebroke verhoudings en vervolging vir ‘n mens se geloof is alles vorme van ontbering. Christene moet nie verbaas wees wanneer ontberinge kom nie: Jesus het ons gewaarsku: “In hierdie wêreld sal julle dit moeilik hê” (Johannes 16:33). Die goeie nuus is dat Jesus Sy waarskuwing opgevolg het met hierdie woord van bemoediging: “Maar hou moed! Ek het die wêreld oorwin.” Ons kan deur Sy genade volhard.
Om te volhard is meer as net om aan te hou bestaan; dit is om aan te hou bestaan op dieselfde manier as voordat die lyding begin het. As Paulus deur sy lyding geleef het, maar op ‘n stadium sy hande in nederlaag in die lug gegooi het, opgehou het om aan God gehoorsaam te wees, of nie meer vir die saak van Christus gewerk het nie, sou hy nie “volhard” het nie. As hy op sy lyding gereageer het met ‘n houding van bitterheid, woede of vergelding, dan kon Paulus nie gesê het dat hy “volhard” het nie.
Paulus se reaksie op lyding was nie om onder die gewig van omstandighede te swig nie, maar om te besef dat Christus Sy kerk geroep het om ontbering te verduur (Johannes 16:33; Lukas 14:27). Paulus het gesê dat hy bly was omdat hy in sy vlees aanvul het wat in Christus se lyding ontbreek het (Kolossense 1:24). Elke keer as Paulus geslaan, geketting of honger was, het hy meer met Christus in sy vlees geïdentifiseer. Paulus kon bly wees omdat lyding in sy vlees ter wille van die kerk ‘n voorreg is om deel te hê aan die lyding van Christus (Filippense 3:10).
As Christene moet ons ons met ons lyding tot God wend, en Hy sal getrou wees om ons te help om elke beproewing te deurstaan en elke versoeking te oorkom (1 Korintiërs 10:13). Ons kan leer om dieselfde vreugde te hê as wat Paulus tydens beproewinge gehad het, wetende dat lyding deugde soos volharding, godvrugtige karakter en lewende hoop voortbring (Romeine 5:3–5).
Om te “volhard” beteken nie bloot om te glimlag en dit te verduur nie. Christene sal soms hartseer, verraai of selfs kwaad voel. Hierdie emosies op sigself is nie sleg nie; hulle word slegs sonde wanneer ons toelaat dat hulle in ons lewens wortel skiet en bitterheid, bose gedagtes van wraak of onvergewensgesindheid voortbring. Gelowiges moet onthou dat alles wat in ons lewens kom, onder die beheer van ‘n soewereine God is wat belowe het dat Hy alle dinge ten goede meewerk vir diegene wat Hom liefhet en volgens sy voorneme geroep is (Romeine 8:28).
Jesus is die beste voorbeeld van iemand wat ontbering verduur het (Hebreërs 12:2). Die outeur van Hebreërs herinner gelowiges aan Christus se volharding in die hande van sondaars. Jesus, ten spyte van groot lyding, het nooit teruggedraai nie, selfs nie van die kruis af nie (Hebreërs 12:2–4). Hebreërs 12:2 sê Jesus het die kruis verduur “vir die vreugde wat Hom voorgehou is.” Alhoewel Christus die lyding wat die kruis sou bied, geken het, het Sy verwagte vreugde Hom in staat gestel om aan te hou; Hy het geweet wat die belonings sou wees – die verlossing van die mensdom en ‘n sitplek aan die regterhand van God. Op dieselfde manier kan Christene hoop vind om te volhard wanneer ons die belonings oorweeg wat God ons belowe het. “Moenie julle vertroue prysgee nie, want dit sal ryklik beloon word. Julle moet volhard sodat julle, wanneer julle die wil van God gedoen het, sal ontvang wat Hy belowe het. Want: ‘Nog ‘n kort tydjie, en Hy wat kom, sal kom en nie talm nie.’ en: ‘Maar my regverdige sal uit die geloof lewe. En Ek het geen welgevalle in die een wat terugdeins nie.’ Maar ons behoort nie aan dié wat terugdeins en verlore gaan nie, maar aan dié wat uit die geloof kom en gered word” (Hebreërs 10:35–39).
Today’s Devotional
The Gospels of Mark and Luke both relay an incident involving a widow’s gift to God. She didn’t give much—just two mites—or did she?
The story is often called the story of the widow’s mite or the story of the widow’s offering. One day, Jesus was sitting with His disciples near the temple treasury watching people depositing money into the offering receptacles. The court of women held thirteen such receptacles, and people could cast their money in as they walked by. Jesus watched as the rich were contributing large sums of money, but then along came a widow with two small coins in her hand. The ESV calls them “two small copper coins, which make a penny” (Mark 12:41). The KJV calls the coins “mites.” These were the smallest denomination of coins. The widow put her coins into the box, and Jesus called His disciples to Him and pointed out her action: “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on” (Mark 12:43–44; cf. Luke 21:1–4).
There are several things that the story of the widow’s mite teaches us. First, God sees what man overlooks. The big gifts in the temple were surely noticed by people; that’s probably what the disciples were watching. But Jesus saw what no one else did: He saw the humble gift of a poor widow. This was the gift that Jesus thought worthy of comment; this was the gift that the disciples needed to be aware of. The other gifts in the treasury that day made a lot of noise as they jingled into the receptacles, but the widow’s mites were heard in heaven.
Second, God’s evaluation is different from man’s. The widow’s two mites added up to a penny, according to man’s tabulation. But Jesus said that she had given more than anyone else that day (Mark 12:43). How could this be, when “many rich people threw in large amounts” (Mark 12:41)? The difference is one of proportion. The rich were giving large sums, but they still retained their fortunes; the widow “put in everything—all she had to live on” (Mark 12:44). Hers was a true sacrifice; the rich had not begun to give to the level of her sacrifice.
Third, God commends giving in faith. Here was a woman in need of receiving charity, yet she had a heart to give. Even though the amount was negligible—what could a widow’s mite buy?—she gave it in faith that God could use it. The widow’s faith is also evident in the fact that she gave the last of her money. Like the widow of Zarephath, who gave her last meal to Elijah (see 1 Kings 17:7–16), the widow in the temple gave away her last means of self-support. Does that mean the widow left the temple completely destitute, went home, and died of starvation? No. The Bible teaches that God provides for our needs (Matthew 6:25–34). We don’t know the details of this particular widow’s future, but we can be certain that she was provided for. Just as God provided for the widow and her son in Elijah’s day (1 Kings 17:15–16), God also provided for the widow in Jesus’ day.
It is interesting that, just before Jesus commented on the widow’s mite, He commented on the scribes “who devour widows’ houses” (Mark 12:40). The religious officials of the day, instead of helping the widows in need, were perfectly content to rob them of their livelihood and inheritance. The system was corrupt, and the darkness of the scribes’ greed makes the widow’s sacrifice shine even more brightly. “God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Corinthians 9:7), and He is faithful to take care of His own.
Vandag se Bemoediging
Die Evangelies van Markus en Lukas vertel albei ‘n voorval oor ‘n weduwee se geskenk aan God. Sy het nie veel gegee nie—net twee muntstukke—of het sy?
Die storie word dikwels die storie van die weduwee se muntstuk of die storie van die weduwee se offerande genoem. Eendag het Jesus saam met Sy dissipels naby die tempelskatkis gesit en gekyk hoe mense geld in die offergawehouers stort. Die hof van vroue het dertien sulke houers gehad, en mense kon hul geld daarin gooi terwyl hulle verbyloop. Jesus het gekyk hoe die rykes groot bedrae geld bydra, maar toe kom ‘n weduwee met twee klein muntstukke in haar hand. Die ESV noem hulle “twee klein kopermuntstukke, wat ‘n penning maak” (Markus 12:41). Die KJV noem die muntstukke “muntstukke”. Dit was die kleinste denominasie van muntstukke. Die weduwee het haar muntstukke in die kissie gesit, en Jesus het Sy dissipels na Hom geroep en haar optrede uitgewys: “Voorwaar Ek sê vir julle, hierdie arm weduwee het meer in die skatkis gegooi as al die ander. Hulle het almal uit hulle oorvloed ingegooi, maar sy het uit haar armoede alles ingegooi, alles waarvan sy moes lewe” (Markus 12:43–44; vgl. Lukas 21:1–4).
Daar is verskeie dinge wat die verhaal van die weduwee se penning ons leer. Eerstens, God sien wat die mens oor die hoof sien. Die groot geskenke in die tempel is sekerlik deur mense opgemerk; dit is waarskynlik wat die dissipels dopgehou het. Maar Jesus het gesien wat niemand anders gedoen het nie: Hy het die nederige geskenk van ‘n arm weduwee gesien. Dit was die geskenk wat Jesus as die moeite werd beskou het om kommentaar te lewer; dit was die geskenk waarvan die dissipels bewus moes wees. Die ander geskenke in die skatkis daardie dag het baie geraas gemaak terwyl hulle in die houers gering het, maar die weduwee se penningstukke is in die hemel gehoor.
Tweedens, God se evaluering is anders as dié van die mens. Die weduwee se twee kleingeld het gelykop gestaan aan ‘n penning, volgens die mens se tabel. Maar Jesus het gesê dat sy daardie dag meer as enigiemand anders gegee het (Markus 12:43). Hoe kon dit wees, terwyl “baie rykes groot bedrae ingegooi het” (Markus 12:41)? Die verskil is een van proporsie. Die rykes het groot bedrae gegee, maar hulle het steeds hul fortuin behou; die weduwee “het alles ingegooi—alles wat sy gehad het om van te lewe” (Markus 12:44). Hare was ‘n ware offer; die rykes het nog nie begin gee tot die vlak van haar offer nie.
Derdens, God prys gee in geloof. Hier was ‘n vrou wat liefdadigheid nodig gehad het, maar sy het ‘n hart gehad om te gee. Al was die bedrag weglaatbaar—wat kon ‘n weduwee se kleingeld koop?—het sy dit gegee in geloof dat God dit kon gebruik. Die weduwee se geloof is ook duidelik in die feit dat sy die laaste van haar geld gegee het. Soos die weduwee van Sarfat, wat haar laaste maaltyd aan Elia gegee het (sien 1 Konings 17:7–16), het die weduwee in die tempel haar laaste middele van selfonderhoud weggegee. Beteken dit dat die weduwee die tempel heeltemal behoeftig verlaat het, huis toe gegaan het en van die honger gesterf het? Nee. Die Bybel leer dat God in ons behoeftes voorsien (Matteus 6:25–34). Ons ken nie die besonderhede van hierdie spesifieke weduwee se toekoms nie, maar ons kan seker wees dat daar vir haar voorsien is. Net soos God vir die weduwee en haar seun in Elia se tyd voorsien het (1 Konings 17:15–16), het God ook vir die weduwee in Jesus se tyd voorsien.
Dit is interessant dat, net voordat Jesus kommentaar gelewer het oor die weduwee se penning, Hy kommentaar gelewer het oor die skrifgeleerdes “wat die huise van die weduwees verslind” (Markus 12:40). Die godsdienstige amptenare van die tyd, in plaas daarvan om die weduwees in nood te help, was heeltemal tevrede om hulle van hul lewensonderhoud en erfenis te beroof. Die stelsel was korrup, en die duisternis van die skrifgeleerdes se gierigheid laat die weduwee se offer nog helderder skyn. “God het ‘n blymoedige gewer lief” (2 Korintiërs 9:7), en Hy is getrou om na sy eie om te sien.
The Collectors of Manna – Women of the Word // Gaarders van Manna – Vroue van die woord
Dilize Light has Managed a TruLight Ladies Group on Telegram for the Past 6 Years and from Today . she will be Sharing her Manna with the Ladies in The TruLight Daily Manna Platform . Dilize is the only Daughter of Pastor Dirk and has been part of the Ministry since the age of 11 . Dilize is also the Radio Host for the Popular TruLight Top 10 that airs on TruLight Radio XM saturdays at 17h00′
Dilize Light bestuur die afgelope 6 jaar ‘n TruLight Damesgroep op Telegram en van vandag af sal sy haar Manna met die Dames deel op die TruLight Daaglikse Manna-platform. Dilize is die enigste dogter van Pastoor Dirk en is deel van die bediening sedert die ouderdom van 11. Dilize is ook die radio-aanbieder vir die gewilde TruLight Top 10 wat Saterdae om 17:00 op TruLight Radio XM uitgesaai word.
Kunswerk Uit Stof:
Toe God besluit het om Adam uit stof te skep, was dit nie vir Hom nodig om te wonder of Hy genoeg boustof sou hê nie. Hannah Holmes, skryfster van die boek The Secret Life of Dust sê die volgende: Tussen 1 en 3 biljoen ton woestynstof styg jaarliks in die lug op. Een biljoen ton sal 14 miljoen trokke van ń goederetrein vul, ń trein wat ses keer om die aarde se ewenaar gespan kan word.
Niemand hoef stof te koop nie, want ons almal het genoeg. Ek igroneer dit in my huis solank as wat ek kan. Ek redeneer so: As ek dit nie steur nie, is dit nie so merkbaar nie. Maar eindelik word die stoflaag so dig dat ek dit nie meer kan igroneer nie. Dan haal ek my stoflappe en ander toerusting uit, en begin om die stof af te vee, waar dit ook al versamel het. En as ek die stof afgevee het, begin die oppervlakte blink, en kan ek myself daar sien. Dan dring ń ander waarheid tot my deur. God het iets waardeloos, stof geneem en dit gebruik om iets kosbaars te maak ek en jy en elke ander persoon ( Gen 2:7 ). Die feit dat God stof gebruik het om die mens te skep, laat my huiwer om iets of iemand waardeloos te noem. Miskien is die spesifieke ding waarvan ek ontslae wil raak – ń persoon of ń probleem wat my ontstel – die artistieke medium wat God gebruik om sy heerlikheid ten toon te stel.
Aangesien ons almal uit dieselfde stof gevorm is, laat ons genadig en regeverdig wees.
Artwork From Dust:
When God decided to create Adam from dust, He did not need to wonder if He would have enough building material. Hannah Holmes, author of the book The Secret Life of Dust, says the following: Between 1 and 3 billion tons of desert dust rises into the air every year. One billion tons would fill 14 million freight train trucks, a train that could circle the Earth’s equator six times.
Nobody needs to buy dust, because we all have enough. I ignore it in my house as long as I can. I reason like this: If I don’t disturb it, it won’t be so noticeable. But eventually the dust layer becomes so thick that I can’t ignore it anymore. Then I get out my dusters and other equipment, and start wiping the dust away wherever it has collected. And when I have wiped the dust away, the surface begins to shine, and I can see myself there. Then another truth dawns on me. God took something worthless, dust, and used it to make something precious, you and me and every other person (Genesis 2:7). The fact that God used dust to create man makes me hesitate to call anything or anyone worthless. Perhaps the specific thing I want to get rid of—a person or a problem that upsets me—is the artistic medium God uses to showcase his glory.
Since we are all formed from the same dust, let us be merciful and just.
Vroue in die Bybel—Wat kan ons by hulle leer?
Vandag – Die Vrou van Lot
Wie was Lot se vrou? Die Bybel noem nie haar naam nie. Maar dit vertel ons wel dat sy twee dogters gehad het en dat sy en haar gesin ‘n tuiste in die stad Sodom gemaak het.—Genesis 19:1, 15.
Wat het sy gedoen? Sy het ‘n bevel van God ongehoorsaam. God het besluit om Sodom en die naburige stede te vernietig weens hul growwe seksuele onsedelikheid. Uit liefde vir die regverdige Lot en sy gesin, wat in Sodom gewoon het, het God twee engele gestuur om hulle na veiligheid te begelei.—Genesis 18:20; 19:1, 12, 13.
Die engele het vir Lot se gesin gesê om uit die gebied te vlug en nie terug te kyk nie; anders sou hulle sterf. (Genesis 19:17) Lot se vrou “het begin terugkyk, en sy het ‘n soutpilaar geword.”—Genesis 19:26.
Wat kan ons leer by die vrou van Lot? Haar verhaal beklemtoon die gevaar daarvan om materiële dinge lief te hê tot die punt dat jy God ongehoorsaam is. Jesus het haar as ’n waarskuwende voorbeeld aangehaal. “Dink aan die vrou van Lot,” het hy gesê.—Lukas 17:32.
Women in the Bible—What Can We Learn From Them?
Today – The Wife of Lot
Who was Lot’s wife? The Bible does not mention her name. But it does tell us that she had two daughters and that she and her family made a home in the city of Sodom.—Genesis 19:1, 15.
What did she do? She disobeyed a command of God. God had determined to destroy Sodom and the neighboring cities because of their gross sexual immorality. Out of love for righteous Lot and his family, who lived in Sodom, God sent two angels to escort them to safety.—Genesis 18:20; 19:1, 12, 13.
The angels told Lot’s family to flee the area and not to look back; otherwise, they would die. (Genesis 19:17) Lot’s wife “began to look back, and she became a pillar of salt.”—Genesis 19:26.
What can we learn from the wife of Lot? Her story highlights the danger of loving material things to the point of disobeying God. Jesus cited her as a warning example. “Remember the wife of Lot,” he said.—Luke 17:32.
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What does a life of intentionality look like? God showed us the perfect example of doing something with intention in Genesis 1 when he created the world. Imagine a life filled with purpose that doesn’t feel mundane. Watch this video to learn more. Today’s guest artist on Gospel Music USA – The Hinson Family is an award-winning Gospel Music Trio that hails from Nashville, TN. The heritage for The Hinson Family runs deep with Weston Hinson, lead singer, being the son of legendary lead vocalist for The Original Hinsons, the late Kenny Hinson. Kenny is regarded as one of the greatest singers of all time and is a major influence of many in the gospel music field as well as in main stream country music. The Original Hinsons began in Freedom, CA on December 12, 1967 and blazed a trail in gospel music that still burns to this day. The Hinsons were known for a high energy and dynamic presentation during their concerts and are responsible for such songs as “The Lighthouse,” “Hallelujah Meeting,” “That I Could Still Go Free,” “Call Me Gone,” and many others. Enjoy today show and thanks for watching.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GOSPEL ARTISTS of THE PAST
MEET : The Late Jake Hess (December 24, 1927 – January 4, 2004)
an American Grammy Award-winning southern gospel singer.
Life
The son of “a sharecropper who was a shape-note singing-school teacher,” Hess was born in Mt. Pisgah, near Athens, in Limestone County, Alabama. His parents were Stovall and Lydia Hess. He was the youngest of 12 children.
Hess’s entry on the Encyclopedia of Alabama’s website says of his name: “His parents did not officially name him, so the attending physician entered his name as ‘Man Child’ Hess in official documents.”
When he registered with the draft board in Lincoln, Nebraska, he gave his name as “William Jesse Hess.” In 1997, when Hess was preparing to get a passport to travel overseas, he discovered that his birth certificate actually read Manchild Hess. His son, Jake Jr., named his recording company Manchild Records in honor of his father.
Career
Hess’ career started at the age of 16, when he joined the popular John Daniel Quartet in 1943, making his recorded debut on “Just a Prayer Away”. (He had previously sung with Louie Auten and the Tennessee Valley Boys.)After that, he sang with three of his brothers as the Hess Brothers Quartet. He also sang with the Sunny South Quartet and their rival, the Melody Masters Quartet. In the latter part of his life, Hess sang with The Old Friends Quartet which was featured on the Bill Gaither Homecoming videos.
Statesmen Quartet
Hess sang lead with the Statesmen Quartet from 1948 until 1963. Their recordings included projects long-term with RCA Victor. In 1977-1978 Hess reunited with the surviving members of The Statesmen Quartet, Hovie Lister, Doy Ott, and Rosie Rozell to record three projects, including “Songs Elvis Loved”. The reunited Statesmen sang at Presley’s funeral. In the fall of 1980, Hess, Lister, and Rozell assembled a new group with James Blackwood and J.D. Sumner. As a result, the southern gospel group the Masters V was born. They toured from 1981 until 1988 when illnesses prompted several of the members to retire from full-time singing.
Jake Hess and the Jordanaires
The Imperials
Upon leaving the Statesmen Quartet at the end of 1963, Hess formed his “dream” group, the Imperials. Although they were not immediately accepted by his peers because of their innovative use of electric guitars and drums, they went on to become pioneers in Contemporary Christian Music, and would eventually be inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. They backed Elvis Presley from 1966 to 1971. Presleys has been quoted as noting Hess as his favorite singer. Hess left the Imperials in 1967 due to health problems.
The Jake Hess Sound
Hess also sang with his children, Becky and Chris, in a group he named “The Jake Hess Sound”. In the late 1970s, Hess and his son Chris were featured singers on the television broadcasts of evangelist Dr. Gene Scott.
With Elvis Presley
Jake Hess was an idol of Presley, and had a major influence on Presley’s career. As a teenager, Presley would attend gospel sings and Hess’s style so impressed Presley, that Presley would emulate it for the remainder of his life.[citation needed] Hess sang backup on several albums recorded by Presley, and also sang at Presley’s funeral in 1977.
Solo career
Hess was a noted soloist in his own right. He had won several Grammy Awards on RCA Victor as a solo artist. His last 12 years, he appeared on the Gaither Homecoming concerts and videos. These videos featured Hess from noted concerts in the U.S. at the Kennedy Center, the Ryman Auditorium, and Hawaiian islands and Europe.
Television
Hess had The Jake Hess Show on WLAC in Nashville, Tennessee and performed in the Old Time Singing Convention.
Family
Hess and Joyce McWaters were married on October 5, 1952. They had three children.
Jake Hess, Jr. has become a well-known southern gospel songwriter, in addition to being married to Judy Martin of The Martins. In 1989 Jake’s nephew Steve Hess & Eugene Baker (Hess & Baker, Skylite/Sing) were in Nashville to record several segments on Bobby Jones Gospel (BET Network). Jake accompanied them to the studio and liked what he heard. While they were visiting with Jake in Brentwood, he asked whether they would be interested in forming with him a new version of Jake Hess & Friends. The group would ultimately consist of Jake, Steve, Eugene & Chris, Jake’s son. They started rehearsals in Jake’s family room and started touring later in the year. There were several dates in Missouri and Florida, but Jake determined that the traveling was going to be more demanding than he anticipated, so by 1990 the tours were put on hold with the possibility of doing something with television.
Book
In 1995, Hess’s autobiography, Nothin’ but Fine: The Music and the Gospel According to Jake Hess, was published by Buckland Press.
Death
Hess died January 4, 2004, in Opelika, Alabama after suffering a heart attack December 14, 2003
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Bible Prophecy in the News
The Revival of Abraham’s Tent
The fact that five prominent sheikhs have formally requested to break away from the PA and negotiate a separate peace treaty with Israel is an unprecedented move that could reshape the political landscape of Judea and Samaria.
Signs of the Times
Donald Trump and anyone else threatening the Supreme Leader of Iran is “waging war against Allah” and must be “punished with death,” according to a new religious fatwa by Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi.
“Iran wants to annihilate Israel, nothing new,” declared former EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell in 2019, when he was still Spanish Foreign Minister. “We have to live with it.”
Now we must live with the fact that Iran is trying to kill parliamentarians, officials, and journalists.
As the hitman prepared to pull the trigger, Alejo Vidal-Quadras instinctively moved his head back—an action that saved his life.
The bullet was aimed at the neck of the Spanish right-wing politician. “But it went in here,” said Vidal-Quadras, pointing to one side of his jaw. “And came out there,” pointing to the other.
Vidal-Quadras, a former vice president of the European Parliament and once a professor of Atomic Physics, was targeted by the Iranian regime, which is subcontracting murders to European criminal networks. “They are recruiting mafia organizations to do their work.”
Vidal-Quadras, 80, former center-right MEP for the People’s Party and co-founder of the Vox movement (from which he later resigned), is a supporter of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, an opposition group, and was on Tehran’s blacklist of sanctioned Westerners in 2022.
He was returning home from a walk in the park around lunchtime. Just 30 meters from his apartment in Madrid’s Salamanca district, a man called out, “Hola, señor”, making him turn.
He was shot at close range with a 9mm Parabellum pistol, named after the Latin phrase “Si vis pacem, para bellum” (“If you want peace, prepare for war”). The bullet shattered his jaw and narrowly missed his neck and brain.
“Police told me the intention was to shoot me in the neck. Because there are two fatal shots: one to the head, obviously, and the other to the neck. Then there was the miracle.”
Vidal-Quadras, who lost 40% of his hearing in the attack, says the Iranian strategy worked—at least regarding the Spanish socialist government. He stated that there was “no diplomatic or political reaction” in Madrid to his attempted murder. “The government didn’t say a word.”
“If Rafael Grossi sets foot in Iran, he should be tried and sentenced to death,” recently wrote Kayhan, a newspaper closely tied to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, about the head of the UN atomic agency.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump and anyone else threatening the Supreme Leader of Iran is “waging war against Allah” and must be “punished with death,” according to a new religious fatwa by Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi.
Hours later, the Wall Street Journal revealed that Iran was accused of gathering intelligence on Jewish targets in Berlin in preparation for attacks. A Danish citizen named Ali S., working for Tehran, was arrested.
Sweden thwarted two Iranian plots targeting Saskia Pantell, head of the Zionist Federation of Sweden, and Aron Verständig, president of the Swedish Jewish communities.
A Pakistani national was sentenced to over four years for gathering information on Reinhold Robbe, a German center-left politician and ex-head of the German-Israeli Society.
A Swedish SVT investigation found that Iran’s terror campaign began materializing in early 2024: grenades near the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, shootings, explosives at Israeli Elbit Systems sites in Gothenburg and Brussels, and grenade attacks on the Copenhagen embassy.
Iran provided a complete “target catalog,” including kidnappings, murders of Israelis, attacks on Jewish community sites, and elimination of exiled Iran International journalists.
This week, the Washington Post revealed a foiled Iranian plot to assassinate Mike Pompeo in a Paris hotel.
Robert O’Brien, Trump’s former National Security Advisor, was also tailed by two Middle Eastern men in Paris. He was extracted from the Ritz hotel by his security detail.
UK Security Minister Dan Jarvis disclosed about 20 Iranian plots targeting Britain.
In London, Iranian journalist Pouria Zeraati was stabbed. Dissident singer Shahin Najafi was nearly killed in Hannover on the anniversary of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests.
Iran Blames Israel For Using Supernatural Powers to Win War
Iran’s president was hit inside a secret bunker, and now regime officials are claiming Israel used “occult powers” to pull it off. Tehran is spiraling, and their excuses are wild. Is this military dominance… or something deeper at play?
Gog and Magog Update
Iran would use nuclear bomb to ‘wipe out’ Israel, warns Netanyahu
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed that Iran must be prevented from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon, saying that Tehran would use the bomb to “wipe out” Israel.
In a Fox News interview that was broadcast Saturday, Netanyahu said that Iran had ramped up its efforts to create a nuclear weapon after its regional proxies were weakened following extended fighting with Israel.
Iran “rushed to weaponize enriched uranium after the fall of Hezbollah and the collapse of the axis,” Netanyahu charged during the interview, which was filmed during the premier’s trip to Washington last week.
“We saw it. We said, within a year they will have a nuclear bomb, and they will use it,” Netanyahu added. “Unlike other nuclear powers, they will actually use it, and they will wipe us out.”
Netanyahu said that “Iran could have had a nuclear weapon within a year” had Israel and the United States not attacked the Islamic Republic’s key nuclear development sites.
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A Radio Drama about the Last 7 Years and 7 Months on Earth. Travel with Bill as He takes you to the Major Bible Prophecies on the End Time, Time Line. All Bible Script is taken from the KJV Bible. And According to the Teachings of Pastor Dirk the In-house Writer and Teacher of TruLight Ministries.
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