This Week In The News
Current Events
By Norbert Link
We begin with articles describing the horrible state of affairs in a once democratic USA, showing the fulfillment of biblical prophecy that America “has fallen,” and continue with Germany’s and Europe’s fear of Russian invasion and occupation –which WILL occur in the future, according to the Holy Scriptures.
We focus on the “deal” between Trump and Iran which does not seem to solve any of the reasons given by Trump for his unprovoked war; and as a consequence, the overwhelming rejection of this deal by Israelis and others.
Please view our new StandingWatch program, titled, “Trump’s Lost Iran War – an Epic Disaster.”
Editorial
Anger – A Sign of the Times?
In Matthew 24, we read about the signs at the end of the age, and in verse 12 is a most interesting observation from Jesus Himself: “And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.”
This describes the spiritual and emotional decay of society as God’s Way is laughed to scorn, derided and dismissed as unnecessary by society in general. As evil and hostility increase, people become self-centred, callous, and unloving toward God and others. And even, more importantly, this warning is directly aimed at the people of God as it says in the following verse: “But he who endures to the end shall be saved,” which is about true Christians, not the world.
Recently, I experienced a very unpleasant side of the society we live in which seems to be full of anger, and one of those areas we have to steer clear of unless it is righteous anger (see Ephesians 4:26, first part: “Be angry, and do not sin….” But back to the story. I was parked in a small local car park and heard a commotion behind me. It appears, for a reason I couldn’t ascertain, that a small old lady with a walking stick was using loud, foul, and abusive language of the worst variety at someone in the car parked next to her. I reversed the car and drove out of that car park thinking how angry she was and what an example she made of herself. She was very, very angry.
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How careful should we be in making false biblical assumptions? (Part 5)
In this final part of this series, we will conclude with a number of further false assumptions that can be made that, when reviewed correctly, will shine a different light on these matters.
FALSE ASSUMPTION No.13
Another false assumption is that the rejection of God’s rule and preferring a human king or ruler guarantees that things will get better.
It is interesting to read in 1 Samuel 8 that Israel demanded a king. In verses 5-8, we read:
“Now it came to pass when Samuel was old that he made his sons judges over Israel. The name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba. But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice. Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, and said to him, ‘Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.’”
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