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07/12/2025

The Broad Road Toward Antichrist. - by Tom Gilbreath

On September 26th, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said to the Global Progress Action Summit, “You will not be able to work in the United Kingdom if you do not have digital ID.”

Britain’s digital ID is not the biblical mark of the beast, but it’s a clear step in that direction. Revelation 13:1618, “He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”
There are many differences between that description and Britain’s digital ID. But when Starmer says “You will not be able to work” without the ID, that’s a powerful threat — similar to saying you can’t buy or sell. They call digital IDs “voluntary,” but if you can’t work, you can’t earn money. That means you can’t feed or house your family. It coerces citizens into “volunteering” to get digital IDs because not getting the ID means the destruction of individuals and families.

Uses of digital ID will grow. How long before people will need it in order to access healthcare or to open a bank account? And as we move into a cashless world, some kind of bank account will soon be mandatory for buying and selling. A digital ID allows government to extend its reach into the minutia of daily life like never before.

China already has a digital ID system using cards and facial recognition. They also have a social credit system. They are still exploring ways to use these systems in conjunction with one another for complete control of the population. Connected with Artificial Intelligence, these systems will allow an elite few to run every aspect of the lives of the masses.

Through digital ID everyone is monitored. Through the social credit system, people are then punished for asking questions the government doesn’t want them to ask, using the “wrong terms,” going the “wrong places,” driving the “wrong” kind of car, buying too much toilet paper, having their digital thermostats set too high in winter or too low in summer. In China, your social credit score can put you on a no-fly list, cause your taxes to be scrutinized more carefully, limit where your child can go to school, make it impossible for you to buy real estate, and on and on.

At this point we are all seeing that AI makes massive errors. But if Chinese AIs decide someone is not a “trustworthy” citizen, it can have lifelong consequences. Chinese President Xi Jinping, says, “Once untrustworthy, always restricted.”

Digital IDs will eventually allow government computers to monitor all internet and financial activity. From that activity, Artificial Intelligence will seem to be able to figure out what you think and believe. If AI concludes that you hold unapproved beliefs, it has the potential to lead — not just to no-fly lists — but to children being removed from homes where they might be taught harmful ideas, perhaps such as Christianity.

Someone might say, “Parliament would not allow that.” Maybe this one wouldn’t, but what about the next one or the one after that? Digital ID schemes are showing up everywhere, and America is not exempt. They do not mark the end of freedom and dignity for the human race, but they assault freedom and dignity in countless ways.

One character describes the Big Brother government in George Orwell’s 1984 like this. “The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake… Power is not a means; it is an end.” We are told that digital ID will solve a myriad of problems, but ultimately, it’s about one thing. Control.

06/12/2025

A BUNCH of articles from 2012 during my days with the Omega Letter.

The Curse, Cubed Witnessing

02/12/2025

A Post Truth World - by Stephen Schmutzer

We live in a post-truth world. It was not like this twenty or thirty years ago, but it sure is now.

Pick your poison: politics, religion, sexuality, the family structure, history, climate change, crime, public bathrooms, ‘pregnant’ men, or the real dangers of wind turbines on bird life.

Choose whatever issue you want – it makes no difference.

Whichever one you select, you will find mounting numbers of people who no longer want to accept the truth. Oh, trust me - they KNOW the facts are the facts, but they totally reject them anyways. Nothing will change their mind.

It’s fruitless to think common sense has any role to play. It’s a waste of time to point to articles, statistics, research, testimony, or whatever evidence supports the facts.

You’re only fooling yourself if you think any of that matters with these folks. Post-truthers don’t care one bit about the way things REALLY are.

If the truth conflicts with their choices, if it’s something that argues against the things they most want to believe, then they’ll refuse to accept it. Post-truthers are at war with reality.

Their posture is nothing less than an inconceivable display of willful ignorance that defies comprehension. Refusing truth when the facts are clear ranks as one of the most obvious signs of extreme personal dysfunction.

This dynamic has all been carefully crafted. Our mainstream media ‘faithfully’ does its part to encourage this mess. Our media today is not about ‘informing’ the population - it’s about ‘influencing’ it.

It’s why we now find ourselves living in a world that provides only the smallest tincture of truth. If you get the polio vaccine, you are receiving a tiny bit of the disease. It prevents you from getting the full-blown condition. Truth is like that. If you only get the littlest bit of truth, it vaccinates you – it prevents you - from accepting all of it.

The danger is partial truth is an ally of complete lies. Partial truth is the same as full deception. The outcome will be the same.

But the bottom line remains that truth is what it is, and so it must be faced. No amount of shrieking, name-calling, or participating in well-funded riots changes the basic fact that truth still reigns supreme.

This is terribly inconvenient for these warped people. And so, when they are affronted in some way by the truth, predictable responses arise. When it is opportunistic to overlook the truth, it is omitted. When truth cannot be avoided, it is misrepresented. When truth conflicts with personal agenda, it is attacked.

Ultimately, if these sorts of treatments do not suffice, then the messenger of truth – ‘whomever’ or ‘whatever’ that may be - is discredited, censured, condemned, or even eliminated.

It’s imperative to understand, “Truth is uncomfortable.” Truth clarifies things. It exposes who we are and what we want to be. It puts a spotlight on our pretenses. Truth is there to show right from wrong.

It’s why truth has a way of dividing, and so when truth is made clear, we are forced to make a decision. Do we agree with the truth, or do we disagree with it? Whether we choose to agree or to disagree does not change the truth itself. But, our choices in response to truth say a great deal about us.

I don’t see this present dilemma improving - - not here in America anyways. The numbers of ‘post-truthers’ are going up every day, and their desire for discernment is going down at the same rate. They now celebrate their depravity.

The conclusion of all this will be messy….to say the least. I know I speak for many when I say, “I’ve had enough.”

God will reach the same point. Being that He is a God of great grace and mercy, we’ve seen His patience demonstrated time and again. But it won’t last.

A time is coming when God's patience will reach an end point. He’ll have had enough. It’s then that His judgment will be executed upon a world that refuses to accept the truth of His eternal power and divine nature that is evident all around us. Everything I’ve said here is clear in Romans 1:18-32.

Remarkably, most of the world at that time will understand God’s judgments and why they are happening. Humanity’s choices will be exposed for being wrong, and they will know that too. But just as things are now, the truth then won’t make any difference to them.

Revelation 16:9 tells us the future will look a lot like today – just worse. These folks are not going to change. They won’t turn away from their depraved behaviors. Unbelievably, they’ll choose to curse God for the consequences of their own choices.

The Bible presents the straightforward message that refusal to accept truth places one’s eternal soul at risk (James 5:20). For many, it’s a process that starts simply enough – like supporting men in women’s sports, for example.

But left unchecked, this sort of foolishness grows. It ultimately demands that one pay the highest price.

23/11/2025

Deliver Me from Deception
- by Tom Gilbreath

“Take heed that no one deceives you” — Matthew 24:4, Jesus speaking about signs of His coming and of the end of the age.

Deception is not new. It goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden and the father of lies. But the Bible says it will grow substantially worse in the last of the last days. Today, it permeates the world as never before. The tools of deception have become a thousand times more powerful and prolific.

“Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips And from a deceitful tongue” — Psalms 120:2.

The battle against deception increasingly defines our lives. People fear answering the phone if they don’t see a number they recognize. They are afraid to help a car in distress on the side of the road because it might be a robber’s ruse. Wariness is up because deception is up.

You get an email seemingly from your bank. It has their logo. It uses their slogans. The email warns that something unusual, maybe even criminal, is going on with one of your accounts. You start to click on a link, and then you realize that it might not be the bank at all. It might be someone trying to create the very problem they seem to be warning you about.

A call comes in, apparently from a grandchild. She’s in trouble and urgently needs cash. Even if the voice on the other end sounds like your grandchild, it might be a scam. Someone calls and congratulates you on winning a dream vacation. He just needs to get some information to verify your identity. He also needs your Social Security number so he can properly report to the IRS. And after he gets that little pot of gold from you, he lets you know that you will have to pay a “small” fee to finalize the transaction. After giving him the data and money he wants, you find out it was all a scam.

Even today’s photos and videos can be liars. Fake news permeates social media. Once venerable newspapers and broadcasts make editorial decisions pushing a certain political agenda, even at the expense of truth. Headlines can be especially misleading, but most people read no further.

People lie for power, money, to manipulate, and they lie just to be lying. Jeremiah 9:3 says, “‘And like their bow they have bent their tongues for lies. They are not valiant for the truth on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me,’ says the Lord.”

Proverbs 26:28 in the New Living Translation says, “A lying tongue hates its victims, and flattering words cause ruin.” How do lies destroy? They remove the keystone from the arch. They blast foundations into powder. Progress and harmony depend on communication, and deceit shreds communication. Deception starts wars, starves the hungry, and removes the pillars of sanity from the structure of civilization.

Jesus said, “Take heed that no man deceive you.” “Take heed” … “Be watchful” … “Look out!” … “Keep your eyes peeled.” But Jesus did not say to be paranoid. Scripture is explicit that we “fear not.” Instead of fearing deception, know the truth and be made free. Jesus prayed for you and for me in John 17:17, “Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.”

In times like these, remember to pray. “Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips And from a deceitful tongue.”

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15/11/2025

The Final Trip - by Jack Kinsella

Dr. Sam Parnia is two years into his three-year study of the biology behind the ‘out of body’ experiences reported by survivors of cardiac arrest that had been resuscitated after clinical ‘death’.

The study, known as AWARE (AWAreness during REsuscitation), involves the collaboration of 25 major medical centers through Europe, Canada and the U.S. and will examine some 1,500 survivors of cardiac arrest.

Dr. Parnia’s methodology is simple. Emergency rooms involved in the study were equipped with certain objects visible only from the ceiling, since the majority of those claiming out of body experiences said they could see what was going on as they hovered over their own bodies.

Dr. Parnia is one of the world’s leading expert on the scientific study of death. Dr. Pin Van Lommel is the other leading expert on death.

Dr. Van Lommel’s interest in death was piqued in 1969 following the successful resuscitation of a patient. Everyone was very pleased, he said, except the patient, who was extremely disappointed.

Dr. Van Lommel described it this way:

He was extremely disappointed. He spoke of a tunnel, of colors, of a light, of a beautiful landscape and of music. He was very emotional.

At the time, nobody had heard of a near-death experience. Such a thing, an NDE, didn’t exist.

I’d never heard of anyone remembering things from the moments when they were in cardiac arrest — moments when they were, in fact, dead in scientific terms.

Truth be told, medical school taught me that such a thing is fundamentally impossible. To the medical mind, being unconscious means being unaware.

Later, I would learn that NDEs are part of many cultures, and figure in many religions throughout history. In 1986, I read a book about near-death experiences that got me asking how such a thing could happen, and was it perhaps more common than we knew.

I wanted to know the answers, and there was no scientific data out there to help me. So I did my own study, starting in 1988 with 344 cardiac-arrest survivors.

Of the patients in Dr.Van Lommel’s study, nearly one in five reported some kind of post-death experience. Some reported clear thoughts, memories, emotions and perceptions, others recalled things like light, tunnels, music or beautiful landscapes.

Such experiences, say the medical experts, are physically impossible. Our thoughts and experiences are the result of chemical interactions taking place within the brain. On death, the neurons stop firing.

As soon as the blood stops flowing, the cells go into a frenzy to keep themselves alive. Cell damage begins in less than five minutes and within an hour, the damage is irreversible. Theoretically, the human consciousness stops when the heart does.

Not according to Dr. Van Lommel:

Near-death experiences defy current medical logic, which says all our thoughts and experiences are merely the result of electrochemical activity in our brains. When that electromechanical activity ceases, so, too, should our ability to feel and process sensation.

This phenomenon can no longer be scientifically ignored. It is an authentic occurrence that can’t be simply reduced to imagination, fear of death, hallucination, psychosis, the use of drugs, or oxygen deficiency.

Dr. Van Lommel’s team performed a secondary followup study with two groups of cardiac arrest survivors. One group reported some kind of near death experience – the other group did not.

This study was designed to assess whether the transformation in attitude toward life and death following an NDE is the result of having an NDE or the result of the cardiac arrest itself. In this follow-up research into transformational processes after NDE, we found a significant difference between patients with and without an NDE. The process of transformation took several years to consolidate. Patients with an NDE did not show any fear of death, they strongly believed in an afterlife, and their insight in what is important in life had changed: love and compassion for oneself, for others, and for nature. They now understood the cosmic law that everything one does to others will ultimately be returned to oneself: hatred and violence as well as love and compassion. Remarkably, there was often evidence of increased intuitive feelings. Furthermore, the long lasting transformational effects of an experience that lasts only a few minutes was a surprising and unexpected finding.

Many patients were able to describe events taking place in the emergency room while they were dead. One patient recalled where a nurse had put his dentures when they were removed to intubate after he had been dead for thirty minutes.

Many patients reported experiencing a sort of ‘life review’ that involved every thought, word or deed ever committed during their lifetimes. Others reported encountering deceased relatives.

There was a universal resentment at being returned to their physical bodies. Those who reported a hellish experience later underwent a religious conversion. All lost any fear of death.

I can confirm some of this from personal experience. An old friend passed away a few years back with a brain tumor that was only discovered after he inexplicably slipped into a coma that lasted for several weeks.

When he came back out of it, he was a different man. He told me about spending time with his dad. He said it was the most wonderful experience he’d ever had. He had zero fear of death thereafter. He told me he could hardly ‘wait to get back.’

Wylie died some months later, with his family around him. By all accounts he was completely prepared. The hospice doctor was standing by to induce a coma from which Wylie would slip back into death.

Wylie was practically eager, his wife told me.

Assessment:

If these studies prove anything at all, they prove that there is more to this life than simply this physical existence. Of course, as Christians, we already know that, but it is nice to have a little confirmatory science.

What should we take away from this as Christians? Are these experiences necessarily Biblical? Nope. I don’t think so. I don’t even think they necessarily have to be Divine.

They could just as well be an enemy effort at lulling people into believing that salvation isn’t necessary and that everybody goes to a warm and fuzzy place.

But what we should take away from this is the certain knowledge that you aren’t a body — you have a body. You have a brain, but your brain is not your mind — it is your mind’s container.

Your mind is the repository of your consciousness, will and emotions – this is the soul – the part that continues after death. If your soul’s spirit has been quickened, (made alive, or what we call ‘saved’) then to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.

If not, then your soul (mind, will and emotions) will be judged according to the things done in the body and cast into hell.

Hell is no fairy tale. It is not a religious bogey-man invented by churches to keep their congregants in line. Hell is as real as heaven. Jesus described it as the place where “the fire is never quenched and their worm dieth not.”

Heaven is a real place, too. It is the place where “God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” (Revelation 21:4)

As we approach the end of this present age, we are exhorted to look for the Rapture, the “Blessed Hope” when the Lord Himself will come for the Church and we will meet with the Lord in the air.

It is the hope of every believer.

But in reality, death is really just an advance ticket to the Big Show. Those already dead return with the Lord and get their resurrection bodies first. But they are already with the Lord.

Everybody wants to go to heaven. But nobody wants to die. That’s why the Rapture’s called “The Blessed Hope.”

Because for a Christian, the only scary part being dead is getting that way.

Update: Dr. Sam Parnia is continuing his studies with project AWARE. This Letter was originally published October 2, 2010.

11/11/2025

Major Movement into End Times Ecumenism - by Terry James

To many who think about Bible prophecy yet future, the thought is that the Tribulation will be an era completely against all restrictions imposed by religious order. It will be a free-wheeling, anything-goes time of hedonism and evil deportment of every description.

To an extent this will be true. But immediately following the removal of the Church, a religious system will develop that harnesses all people left behind with religiosity beyond any that has ever before existed. We understand this by the following words John was given in his Patmos vision:

And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. (Revelation 13:8)

This worship will be demanded and directed by the second beast of Revelation chapter 13: the False Prophet.

And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. (Revelation 13:15)

So those left behind on earth after the removal of the Church in the Rapture will be, rather than free of religious restrictiveness, harnessed with the threat of death if they refuse to obey the most severe religious system ever imposed upon humanity. It will be a worldwide religion with Satan’s Antichrist as the object of worship.

Those who view Bible prophecy especially from the pre-Trib viewpoint have watched for numerous religious belief systems to come together in an “ecumenical” arrangement. That is, many different religions will, we believe, form a religious amalgamation Satan will use, through the False Prophet, to bring about the Revelation 13 system of worship. That system will require that people either worship the Beast (Antichrist) or die.

Additionally, many who investigate this prophecy believe the Catholic system of religious dogma will somehow be at the center of that ecumenical formation the closer the time nears to Christ’s call for the true Church to join Him in the clouds of Glory. This is because of what we believe is Catholicism’s false worship system with, for example, there being a number of mediators between God and man.

The tremendous spread of that system—which places a man (the pope) in place of Christ on earth—also gives reason to believe Catholicism will be at the center of the false worship system of Revelation 13.

I believe it is more than merely an interesting coincidence that in every direction we look at the world’s cultural horizon, we see the stage being set for the fulfillment of prophecies surrounding Christ’s soon return. At the same time, a profound matter of ecumenical movement involving the Catholic Church comes dramatically into the mix.

The Vatican Apostolic Library, one of the world’s most prestigious repositories of religious scholarship, has confirmed it now provides a dedicated prayer space for Muslim academics visiting its collections. This move has ignited passionate debate about the growing ties between the Vatican and Islam.

The revelation emerged from an interview between Italian newspaper La Repubblica and Father Giacomo Cardinali, the 48-year-old Vice Prefect of the Vatican Library. Speaking casually about the institution’s role as a global research hub, Father Cardinali disclosed: “Some Muslim scholars have asked us for a room with a carpet for praying and we have given it to them.”

The comment, embedded in a broader discussion about the library’s digitization efforts and extraordinary collection, has since reverberated through Catholic and interfaith circles worldwide.

The decision represents a historic departure from Vatican tradition. As the center of the Catholic Church, Vatican City State has never before hosted non-Catholic places of worship within its borders. The world’s smallest sovereign nation—with a population of approximately 800 residents—consists entirely of Catholic citizenry and clergy. The establishment of a prayer space for Islamic worship, even in the context of academic hospitality, marks an unprecedented accommodation in the Vatican’s 95-year history as an independent state.

This makes Father Cardinali’s seemingly casual announcement all the more significant, as it introduces for the first time a designated space for non-Catholic religious practice within the walls of Vatican City. (“Vatican Opens Muslim Prayer Room Sparking Fierce Debate,” Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Israel365 News, October 19, 2025)

The great angst this has created is that Islam and the Catholics’ supposed Christian views are incompatible. Allah is the only god in Islam, and the thrust of Allah’s supposed dictate is to rid the world of all infidels and make everyone a Muslim.
Yet here we witness the ecumenical movement defying all odds while these two massive, worldwide religious entities apparently are coming together in what some have termed “Chrislam”—the merging of Christianity with Islam.

So, one more element of the stage being set for the terrifying Tribulation is coming to the forefront for us to plainly see. The previous pontiff, Pope Francis, said on numerous occasions that there are many ways to Heaven other than just through Jesus Christ. He said, too, that even atheists will be in Heaven. The Vatican has not disavowed this satanic lie in any way I have heard. Islam, therefore, I must presume, fits within the Vatican’s view of what constitutes Christianity.

With the preponderance of evidence that God is on the verge of instructing His Son to bring His family to Him from the earth, such developments as this movement into end-times ecumenism is a major signal of where we stand on God’s prophetic timeline.

It was a great reassurance recently to hear Dr. David Jeremiah given time by Fox Network to answer questions by Fox News religious correspondent Lauren Green about true Christianity:Q: Lauren Green: A lot of people are trying to earn their way into Heaven. Why is that not the right thinking?

A: Dr. David Jeremiah: That is the answer of every religion except Christianity, which isn’t a religion—It is a relationship!

If we try to reach God by way of works, nobody can do it. That’s why He sent His Perfect Son, Jesus Christ, who never sinned and was crucified on the cross for us.

If we put our trust in Him, He has promised to wash away our sins!

Here is how to make certain you have your sins washed away and will go to Heaven.

That if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and will believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Romans 10: 9-10)

02/11/2025

The End Times Aren’t for Wimps - by Tom Gilbreath

Is AI gunning for your job? Is the wolf at the door threatening to blow your house down? Do you feel unsafe or not fully at home… even when you are home? Does the news overwhelm you? Do you feel abandoned? Have you been trusting the wrong people? Are you wondering who to believe? Are you beginning to realize that even government will let you down?

You’re not alone.

Lots of people are feeling those kinds of things right now. Maybe Congress can get the government going again soon. Maybe AI will wind up generating as many jobs as it takes away. Maybe global war can again be averted. Maybe a deadly new plague isn’t being brewed up in a lab somewhere at this very moment. And maybe the global economy is not a house of cards wavering on the verge of collapse.

But even when the news is good, anxiety and discontentment fill the land. Little things that used to be easy get harder every day. Websites are breaking themselves in an attempt to monetize everything you do. Increasing levels of sin require ever more complicated systems to keep ourselves, our data, our property, and our loved ones safe. Potholes seem to be deeper and more abundant than ever. Bridges are creaking. Airports are overloaded. Stores must lock their products away. A first-class stamp now costs 78 cents! Can you believe that? High technology car add-ons operate inconsistently at best, but they still manage to spy on their users’ lives. Does it make you feel sick and tired? You’re not alone.

Good times or bad, in sickness or in health… you’re really not alone. It’s not just that others are going through the same trials, but that a Friend who sticks closer than a brother will go through those trials with you if you ask Him.

Jesus said in Matthew 28:20, “I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” You’re not alone. If you’re feeling weak or forgotten; if your personal problems or the world’s problems seem to be bearing down on you, remember what the Lord said to Paul in 2 Corinthians 12:9 “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” If you are in Christ, that applies to you, too.

Remember the Lord’s invitation in Matthew 11:28-30. “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Even Christians, people who have come to Him with their souls and their eternal lives need to remember that those words keep on applying to us. Let Him give you rest.

The days seem crazy, but God is still in control. He’s working out His plan for the world, but also for you. The end times are not for wimps, but you’re not a wimp — not if you are in Christ Jesus. You are champion. It’s time to act like one.

29/10/2025

Doing God ‘Service’ - by Jack Kinsella

At the heart of most anti-Israeli or anti-Zionist arguments is the contention that the modern day Israeli is an imposter. The Zionists of Israel, say both the Arabs and the Christian replacement theologians, are not the Jews of the Bible.

The Biblical Jews are lost to history, they say, and the modern claimants have no standing. The following is from a homily given by Fr. Louis Campbell in the October, 2002 edition of the Daily Catholic.

“Officials at the Vatican are pretending that the modern state of Israel can lay claim to the promises God made to Abraham, which would mean that the Jews have a divine right to claim the whole territory between the Nile and the Euphrates. John Paul II supports the false claims of Jewish Zionism, thus contributing to the cause of war in the Middle East.

For if, as the Church has always taught, the Scriptures say that the promises were fulfilled in Jesus Christ and His Church, how can it be said at the same time that God promised Jerusalem to the Jews? To affirm one interpretation is to deny the other. To support the false claims of the Jewish Zionists is to deny the Church its inheritance and to scandalize the little ones-faithful Catholics. ‘…You are a scandal to Me; for you do not mind the things of God, but those of men’ (Mt.16:23).”

To make this theological reason for opposing Israel work, it is necessary to ‘spiritualize’ the Jews and thus delegitimize the current claimants to the literal seed of Abraham. If God is done with the Jews, the thinking goes, then there are no remaining Chosen People and the state of Israel is populated by imposters claiming to be historical Jews.

The world denies Israel’s claim to the land on a similar basis. Instead of spiritualizing the Jews out of literal existence, the world denies the basis for the argument by denying the legitimacy of Scripture.

Here’s how the carnal reasoning works. Since the Bible is not true, the Jews have no legitimate claim to a Jewish state, since there is no independent evidence of a historical Abraham to receive the Promise or Moses to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land.

Got all that? It’s a little hard to explain it the way they do and sound convincing. That’s because it isn’t true, so it takes real artist to make believable.

The day following the Israeli cabinet decision to expel Yasser Arafat, then Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said many calls ‘of concern’ came in from governments across the world. “They’re asking us to do nothing against Yasser Arafat,” he said.

Then he asked the sixty-four thousand dollar question; “Has the world turned on its head?”

Assessment:

Indeed, it would appear that it has. The Jew is reviled the world over, mostly for the crime of killing Christ. What is fascinating is that even people who deny Christ will justify their antisemitism using the same libel.

Why do I say it is a ‘libel’ — a historical untruth? After all, when Pilate washed his hands of responsibility for the ex*****on of Jesus, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it,” the Jewish mob chanted in reply, “His blood be on us, and on our children.” (Mathew 27:24-25)

Jesus was tried and convicted by the Jewish Supreme Court, the Sanhedrin, in an illegal trial in which no fewer than 13 Jewish laws were broken. Since the Jews, being an occupied province of Rome, were not sovereign, their courts could not order an ex*****on. Which is why they took it to Pilate in the first place.

So, if the Jews themselves, following an illegal trial, had Jesus murdered at the hands of an unwilling occupation authority who would have preferred to have released Him, why is it a ‘libel’ to call Jews ‘Christ-killers?’

Jesus told his disciples,

“Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.” (John 10:17-18)

No man could have TAKEN Jesus’ life. Not Pilate, not the Jews, not Satan or his legions. In the Temptation in the Wilderness, Satan quoted Psalms 91:11-12, which says, “For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.” If Jesus alone had the power lay down His life, and that no man could ‘take’ it, then the crime cannot be laid to any human being’s charge. Indeed, at the Cross, Jesus cried, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34)

If Jesus pronounced their forgiveness at the Cross for participating in a pre-ordained and necessary sacrifice in which Jesus VOLUNTARILY laid down His life as a propitiation for all sin, how then, can the modern Jews be responsible for the sins of their fathers? Especially when the One against Whom they sinned had already forgiven them at the Cross for their participation?

In John 16:1-2, Jesus tells His disciples(all Jews of Israel), “These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.”

What an incredible prophecy! Not only were the Jews put out of the synagogues at some point in history in virtually every country they had adopted, the persecution of the Jews was always for the specific crime of being the ‘killers of Christ’.

History is filled with stories of pogroms, confiscations, expulsions, attempted genocide and persecutions against Jews, all in the Name of Christ.

But the Jews not only survived with their ancient language, culture, dietary and religious laws and religious traditions intact, they returned to the Land of Promise, as the Bible said they would do in the last days.

To the world, the existence of Israel is a thorn in its collective side. Because Israel is a thorn in the side of the god of this world. He has thrown everything he could at the Jew for two thousand years, trying to wipe him from the face of the earth and break God’s prophetic promise of Israel’s national redemption in the last days.

The survival of the Jew, and the restoration of Israel to the land is proof positive that God remains on the Throne, that His Word will NOT return to Him void, and that all the chaos and terror of the world notwithstanding, all continues to go according to His plan. And, that these ARE the last days.

“But these things have I told you, that WHEN THE TIME SHALL COME, ye may remember that I told you of them.” (John 16:4)

This Letter was written by Jack Kinsella on September 13, 2003