Good morning on this Saturday, April 18th. I have been working on preparing for my annual prophecy messages which, Lord willing, I will be delivering within the next several months. Each morning I search the stories from sources around the world which could have relevance to Biblical prophecy and analyze them against a Biblical background. Yesterday, the Times of London carried two interesting stories about Israel and Iran. It indicated that Israel is preparing to soon strike Iran's nuke sites and is in fact practicing simulations of the sorties required to get the job done of eliminating Iran's nuclear threat. Israel is convinced that Iran is close to being nuclear capable and that Iran will not hesitate to use that capability against Israel. The article opined that Israel will strike within the near future. The other article discussed the role the United States might play either in support of their mission or in opposition to it and the consequences of our deterrence should the U.S. negatively sanction their plans. Russia has stated that our intelligence information is better than theirs regarding Iran's nuclear progress, that they were not so aware of their immanent threat and that they would try to use their influence on Iran to defuse the situation. However, officials from the former administration have cautioned people in the Obama administration not to be fooled by this rhetoric from the Kremlin because such promises have been given before and have proved to be empty. Clearly the situation regarding Israel and Iran is heating up and bears careful scrutiny. I suggest that you reread Ezekiel 38 and 39 for the possible significance of these events.
Tomorrow's sermon is about how to make wise decisions and is the first of two sermons on this subject. I hope I'll see you there.
Pastor Mel Brown