We’ve all watched a movie when at the height of the suspense the sound of footsteps are heard. They may be slow and deliberate or they may be light and quick. Regardless of the sound, it is clear that it is an announcement of something that’s about to happen.
That’s the picture that came to mind last week as I read the news from around the globe. News reports of Iran’s Khamenei that Israel's destruction is imminent according to the will of Allah and “not even the might of the West can save Israel now.”
- Syria’s Assad stating that it is prepared for war with Israel and at that they slipped Hezbollah Fateh-110 missiles able to destroy Israeli cities.
- Meanwhile, Lebanese PM Hariri stated, “We'll back Hezbollah if war with Israel breaks out.”
- During this same time, DEBKAfile reports that Iranian Revolutionary Guard instructors at specially established training facilities near Tehran are already well advanced in training those Hezbollah fighters. They also produced a battle map showing the objective of 5 Hezbollah brigades complete with detailed topographical and demographic studies.
- This in conjunction with U.S. intelligence that has gathered detailed war plans drawn up by Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, and Hamas that the U.S. has already shared with Israel. With it, the U.S. has dispatched Patriot Missile systems to Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait. This is complimented with Sea-based X-Band Radar and two U.S. warships capable of shooting down Iranian missiles being moved into the area by Washington.
- And finally, Egypt noted last Sunday that two Israeli missile ships passed through the Suez Canal reportedly heading for the Persia Gulf.
All of these events and that doesn’t even touch the financial issues facing the EU as four nations teeter on the verge of bankruptcy. At home in the U.S., massive debt issues have everyone worried from Wall Street to Main Street.
These events are the sound of footsteps on the God’s time-line. Jesus said that in the last days men’s hearts will fail them “from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth.” Luke 21:26
As unsettling as this may sound, it is a reminder to us that all of this was foretold thousands of years ago in Scripture. And that reassures me that the God that revealed these events back then, is still in control today.
It also tells me “I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.” 2 Timothy 1:12
It also tells me that God doesn’t lie and what He said will happen, will come to pass…of that I can be certain.
So, the news events of each day only serve as footsteps signaling the soon return of Jesus Christ to planet earth (also foretold)…and they are getting closer with each passing day!
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