Saudi Arabia gives Israel clear skies to attack Iranian nuclear sites
(CNN 12 Jun 10) ”To ensure the Israeli bombers pass unmolested, Riyadh has carried out tests to make certain its own jets are not scrambled and missile defence systems not activated. Once the Israelis are through, the kingdom’s air defences will return to full alert.” ”In the week that the UN Security Council imposed a new round of sanctions on Tehran, defence sources in the Gulf say that Riyadh has agreed to allow Israel to use a narrow corridor of its airspace in the north of the country to shorten the distance for a bombing run on Iran.” ”To ensure the Israeli bombers pass unmolested, Riyadh has carried out tests to make certain its own jets are not scrambled and missile defence systems not activated. Once the Israelis are through, the kingdom’s air defences will return to full alert.”( also reported from the Jerusalem Post at http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?ID=178190 )
Is there any doubt that we are living in the “latter times”? I am acutely aware of the trouble in the Middle East as my wife and I have two sons serving in the military as well as a son-n-law and another that is so close I consider him a son as well. We well know what may lie ahead for these men and all that serve this great country. Knowing that our sons know Christ as their Savior is a comfort and a Hope that allows us not to fear what may come.
Is there any doubt that this country that we live in (USA) is also in it’s “latter times”? There is “no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.” (Hosea 4:1) Outside of a few Believers, and I mean truly Born Again people, this is a true statement of our country. “My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge.” America’s government has rejected God’s Word and God’s ways and have replaced them with the concern’s of the ACLU, NAGS, Marriages between the same sex, and a grip of friendship with Israel that is quickly slipping. The knowledge of God means nothing anymore to our government! God warns, “because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee. As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.” (Hosea 4:6-7). “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” (Psalm 9:17). Unless our nation turns from it’s wicked ways and repents, this will be the outcome of the once great United States of America.
Not only is our country turned from the ways of God but Born Again Believer’s as well. some of God’s people have turned their attention to the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck as a hope for America. While these men have done wonders for conservatism they are not the answer that is needed. Talk Radio phenomenon Rush Limbaugh married for the fourth time last weekend. The new bride, Kathryn Rogers, is half Limbaugh’s age, and the lavish wedding party was headlined by the Elton John, who earlier this year blamed Christianity for the suicide of his former homosexual partner (“Elton John’s lover committed suicide,” The Telegraph, March 13, 2010). Limbaugh paid the rocker $1 million to perform. It is amazing that so many Bible-believing Christians are infatuated with Limbaugh and consider him a great conservative. ” Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.” — Hosea 13:4. This includes Glen Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and Fox News. There is NO REPLACEMENT for God and his Word. We have gone from a nation of “contenders of the faith” to “pretenders of the faith.”
Fortunately, the truly Born Again Believer will not have to suffer the wrath of God that is coming because we (the church) will be Raptured out prior to the Tribulation. However, who knows just how bad things may become prior to this. Thus the reason for writing this article. Believer know this, that no matter how bad things may get, in “The valley of Achor”, there is a Door of Hope! (the valley of Achor simply means the valley of trouble). That “Hope” is none other than Jesus Christ. No matter what happens in the future, or how bad things get in this country (and they will). God has given His own “The valley of Achor for a door of hope”. –-Hosea 2:15
Wes Foster, Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Polson Montana
earnestly contend for the faith!
